A glance at the Serie A table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Read our Grêmio - Cuiabá preview!
- Grêmio have the most points from losing position (11) in Serie A
- Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cuiabá have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Cuiabá have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Grêmio form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Arena do Grêmio as Grêmio have scored 23 goals to get 26 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 8-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Arena do Grêmio after three straight home wins.
Grêmio's last game was hosting Cruzeiro (placed 12th) and winning 3-0. The attacking player Suárez won the honour of being "man of the match" for Grêmio with a rating of 8.14/10. Suárez scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Heartbreak before that as Grêmio lost 1-2 at Santos's place.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Grêmio matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 11 games), Grêmio's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Grêmio have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cuiabá form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It's a growing despair in Cuiabá as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
The attacking players of Cuiabá have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 280 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Cuiabá as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Bragantino. It's odd; the scoreline 0-2 has been on "repeat" three times in a row! Silva, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.7. Silva hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Palmeiras.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cuiabá when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.
Low-scoring game? 12 of this team's latest 16 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cuiabá as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Cuiabá have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Grêmio have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Cuiabá.Cuiabá - Grêmio 1-2 was the scoreline in these sides' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Brum Silva Acosta 8 goals |   F. Cristaldo 5 goals |  L. Suárez Díaz 5 goals |
Grêmio missing players
Cuiabá missing players
| Grêmio | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 32 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 95% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 76% |
| 65% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 38% |
| 25% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 20% | 36% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 25% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 15.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 23% | 24% |
| 16.6 | 15.9 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 14.5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- Cuiabá have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cuiabá have scored away.
- Grêmio have the most points from losing position (11) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Atlético Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiabá | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Internacional | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Goias | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Bahia | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
