Serie A preview: Can Grêmio edge out victory against Santos?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Fri 25.June
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena do Grêmio (55662 seats)

Grêmio welcome Santos for another interesting Serie A fixture here at Arena do Grêmio.

Insights:
  • Grêmio have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie A

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie A game only four days ago.

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Grêmio form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Grêmio, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie A, are 0-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). Grêmio has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Retzalff Nunes and the players.

Ricardinho was the last player to score a league goal for Grêmio and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Grêmio haven't scored in 221 minutes.

No payout for Grêmio in their previous match, an away game at Sport Recife that ended in defeat 0-1. Midfielder Jhonata Robert was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Robert hit two key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Athletico PR (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grêmio handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Fortaleza in only three days. This game is also played here at Arena do Grêmio.

Grêmio has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Santos form and stats

It's not happening yet for Santos on their Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three consecutive losses in away matches means Santos are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Santos had fun at their own home (Arena do Grêmio) last time out, beating Sao Paulo 2-0. Gabriel Pirani and Marinho scored. Jean Mota got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Mota served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Fluminense before that.

We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, three draws and eight defeats.

After this away game Santos return home for a Serie A game against Atlético Mineiro. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Santos has scored 0 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Grêmio wins - draws - Santos wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SantosM. Santos Costa
M. Santos Costa
2 goals
GrêmioV. de Oliveira Campos
V. de Oliveira Campos
1 goals
GrêmioR. Viana Filho
R. Viana Filho
1 goals

Grêmio missing players

Santos missing players

Grêmio Santos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 60%
 
5.7 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 7
3.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 2.8
4 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.5 14.8
3.3 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.2
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 24%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Grêmio have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie A
  • Grêmio is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Grêmio Last season Santos
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
15 7   Played P   6 12
10 6   Won W   0 3
4 1   Drew D   2 4
1 0   Lost L   4 5
30 17   Scored S   5 12
12 3   Conceded C   14 19
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
87% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 83%
53% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 50%
33% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 25%
13% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
60% 43%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
40% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 17%
7% 0%   Failed to Score F T   50% 42%
 
5.3 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.9
4.7 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 4.2
2.5 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10.7 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   10 9.4
4.7 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.4
42% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Athletico PR 4 4 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 12
2 Fortaleza 5 3 2 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 6 11
3 Bragantino 5 3 2 0 13 8 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 11
4 Palmeiras 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 5 10
5 Atlético Mineiro 5 3 1 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 10
6 Fluminense 5 2 3 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 9
7 Bahia 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 8
8 Atlético GO 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 7
9 Santos 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 7
10 Flamengo 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
11 Corinthians 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 -1 5
12 Ceará 5 1 2 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2 5
13 Internacional 5 1 2 2 5 9 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 5 -4 5
14 Juventude 5 1 2 2 3 8 3 1 0 2 1 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 -5 5
15 Sport Recife 5 1 1 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 4
16 Chapecoense 5 0 3 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 5 -5 3
17 Cuiaba 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
18 Sao Paulo 5 0 2 3 1 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 2
19 América Mineiro 5 0 1 4 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 5 -5 1
20 Grêmio 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 0

Read more about Serie A

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.