Palmeiras manager A. Moreira Ferreira looking for three points in Grêmio showdown

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 07.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Parque (43600 seats)

The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Palmeiras leading Grêmio by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Palmeiras have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grêmio is in the worst form (0-2-4)

It's no vacation for neither Palmeiras nor Grêmio as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Palmeiras form and stats

Palmeiras have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Palmeiras has recorded two wins in a row here at Allianz Parque, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A strong away win for Palmeiras against Sport Recife the last match, as Gustavo Scarpa were on target. Felipe Melo, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Melo won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Internacional.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Palmeiras handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, four draws and two defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Santos are coming to town in three days.

Palmeiras can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Grêmio form and stats

No Serie A points yet away for Grêmio, from their first 3 matches. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Grêmio are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Grêmio are looking to quickly end their 316 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Atlético GO with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Douglas Costa got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Costa hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 44 successful passes (of 47 total).

Prior to that match, the Grêmio manager T. Retzalff Nunes faced defeat when travelling to Juventude and losing 0-2.

We have checked recent matches where Grêmio have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, four draws and one defeat.

After this away game Grêmio return home for a Serie A game against Internacional. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Grêmio, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Palmeiras victories, three draws and two Grêmio wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasB. Vasconcelos Lopes
B. Vasconcelos Lopes
3 goals
PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
2 goals
PalmeirasG. Furtado Scarpa
G. Furtado Scarpa
2 goals

Palmeiras missing players

Grêmio missing players

Palmeiras Grêmio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 0 3 7
6 3 2 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 5
16 9 5 Scored S 0 2 4
10 5 2 Conceded C 0 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 43%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
33% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 29%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 71%
 
5.6 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.7 7.1
4.9 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 3.9
2.2 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.9 17.2 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.3 15.3
5.7 5.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.6
31% 41% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 16%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Palmeiras's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grêmio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Grêmio have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Grêmio have the fewest points (0) away in Serie A
  • Grêmio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Grêmio is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Palmeiras have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Palmeiras have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Palmeiras have scored more than double the goals of Grêmio.
  • Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bragantino 9 6 3 0 19 10 4 1 3 0 8 6 5 5 0 0 11 4 9 21
2 Atletico PR 8 6 1 1 16 7 4 3 1 0 7 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 9 19
3 Palmeiras 9 6 1 2 16 10 4 3 1 0 9 5 5 3 0 2 7 5 6 19
4 Atlético Mineiro 9 5 1 3 11 8 4 2 1 1 7 4 5 3 0 2 4 4 3 16
5 Fortaleza 9 4 3 2 14 9 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 15
6 Bahia 9 4 2 3 17 13 5 2 1 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 9 7 4 14
7 Ceara 9 3 4 2 11 10 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 0 3 1 2 4 1 13
8 Atlético GO 8 4 1 3 7 7 4 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 13
9 Fluminense 9 3 4 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 4 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 -1 13
10 Flamengo 7 4 0 3 9 6 5 3 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 12
11 Santos 9 3 3 3 9 9 5 3 2 0 7 1 4 0 1 3 2 8 0 12
12 Juventude 9 3 3 3 7 11 5 3 0 2 4 6 4 0 3 1 3 5 -4 12
13 Corinthians 9 2 5 2 7 7 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 1 3 0 3 2 0 11
14 Internacional 9 2 4 3 10 14 4 0 2 2 4 6 5 2 2 1 6 8 -4 10
15 America Mineiro 9 2 3 4 9 11 5 1 3 1 4 3 4 1 0 3 5 8 -2 9
16 Sport Recife 9 1 3 5 4 8 4 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 2 3 3 6 -4 6
17 Sao Paulo 9 0 5 4 5 11 4 0 3 1 4 5 5 0 2 3 1 6 -6 5
18 Cuiabá 7 0 4 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 4 0 3 1 2 3 -4 4
19 Chapecoense 9 0 4 5 8 17 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 0 3 2 7 10 -9 4
20 Grêmio 7 0 2 5 4 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -6 2

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.