Evenly matched teams: Grêmio vs Palmeiras match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena do Grêmio (55662 seats)

Grêmio have found it difficult to get points this season. Could the gang get something when Palmeiras stop by Arena do Grêmio?

Insights:
  • Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Serie A

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!

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Grêmio form and stats

The Serie A results at home this season for Grêmio are 4-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager V. Carmo Mancini led his Grêmio to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Atletico GO. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Arena do Grêmio. Midfielder Douglas Costa was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Costa hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Grêmio won a home game hosting Juventude (3-2).

Grêmio are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Atletico Mineiro awaits in three days.

Grêmio are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Grêmio have conceded 13 goals.

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Palmeiras form and stats

The visitors are W6-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

Palmeiras are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Serie A against Sport Recife (placed 18th). Raphael Veiga got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, top player of the team. Veiga hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

Prior to that result Palmeiras won their away game at Ceara. The scoreline was 2-1.

Palmeiras are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Palmeiras as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Palmeiras - Grêmio 2-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest h2h fixture, earlier this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Grêmio, three draws and five wins for Palmeiras. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
6 goals
PalmeirasB. Vasconcelos Lopes
B. Vasconcelos Lopes
5 goals
GrêmioD. de Souza Andrade
D. de Souza Andrade
4 goals

Grêmio missing players

Palmeiras missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grêmio Palmeiras
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 5 13 28
7 4 0 Won W 4 6 15
5 5 2 Drew D 1 2 4
14 4 0 Lost L 0 5 9
23 15 0 Scored S 8 16 42
32 13 0 Conceded C 1 12 34
92% 85% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 93%
54% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 79%
31% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 54% 57%
19% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 25%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
35% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 57%
27% 31% 100% Clean Sheets C S 80% 46% 32%
46% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 18%
 
6.2 7.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.8 6.5
4 3.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.8 5.2
2.7 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
13.5 16.1 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.7 16.1
3.8 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5 5.2
23% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 25% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
4 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 27 10 9 8 28 28 14 6 5 3 15 13 13 4 4 5 13 15 0 39
9 Atletico GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceara 27 6 14 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 0 8 5 7 17 -4 32
15 Bahia 27 8 7 12 31 38 13 5 3 5 18 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 31
16 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
17 Santos 27 6 11 10 23 34 13 5 5 3 12 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -11 29
18 Sport Recife 28 6 9 13 15 24 14 3 5 6 6 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -9 27
19 Grêmio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
4 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 27 10 9 8 28 28 14 6 5 3 15 13 13 4 4 5 13 15 0 39
9 Atletico GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceara 27 6 14 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 0 8 5 7 17 -4 32
15 Bahia 27 8 7 12 31 38 13 5 3 5 18 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 31
16 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
17 Santos 27 6 11 10 23 34 13 5 5 3 12 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -11 29
18 Sport Recife 28 6 9 13 15 24 14 3 5 6 6 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -9 27
19 Grêmio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.