The visiting Grêmio side should be favourites in this visit to Goiás, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
- Goiás has the most conceded goals (40) in Serie A
- Grêmio is in the best form (5-1-0)
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Libertadores.
It's quite the trip for Grêmio when visiting Goiás as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Goiás form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Goiás, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Serie A, have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro.
It's back home for Goiás, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Atletico GO away with the result 1-0. Rafael Moura found the net in that victory. Before that game, the home loss against São Paulo with the scoreline 0-3.
Goiás has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Goiás defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Grêmio form and stats
Playing away, Grêmio, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Serie A, have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie A this season.
Grêmio's last game was the home draw against Santos (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Vasco da Gama in the Serie A.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Grêmio manager R. Portaluppi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Santos.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grêmio as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Grêmio as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Grêmio - Goiás 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Goiás one win, three draws and Grêmio six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Aquino Cossa 7 goals | D. de Souza Andrade 7 goals |  V. Lopes da Silva 5 goals |
Goiás missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Goiás | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 32 |
| 40 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 83% |
| 79% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 74% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 62% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 65% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 11.2 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.9 | 14.7 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 30% |
- Goiás has the most conceded goals (21) at home in Serie A
- Goiás has the most conceded goals (40) in Serie A
- Goiás has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie A
- Goiás has the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Serie A
- Goiás has the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie A
- Goiás has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Serie A
- Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Grêmio has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Serie A
- Grêmio is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | São Paulo | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 40 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Internacional | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Santos | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Ceara | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Atletico PR | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Bahia | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 28 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | Atletico GO | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 24 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 21 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 24 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 20 | Goiás | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 19 |