Santos vs Grêmio match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Urbano Caldeira

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Urbano Caldeira (16798 seats)

Santos are impatient to add to their goals scored at their own ground in this soon-to-be-played game vs Grêmio.

Insights:
  • Santos is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Grêmio have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Santos form and stats

4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Santos so far this season.

Santos manager F. Carille and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sao Paulo (placed 14th) in the Serie A. Carlos Sánchez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.21/10. Sánchez scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Juventude.

This is expected to be a close game, with Santos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santos as a small favourite), we find nine games. Santos has won three of these, drawn five and lost one.

There will be little rest for Santos after this match as they are travelling to Atletico Mineiro for a Serie A game in only three days.

Santos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. Santos have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Grêmio form and stats

There's been little loot from Grêmio's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Serie A. Grêmio only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws.

Grêmio played 2-2 against Cuiaba in their previous match. Midfielder Alisson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Alisson scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting Sport Recife before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Grêmio in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Grêmio, zero draws and one defeat.

Grêmio have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a Serie A game vs Fortaleza. A back-breaking itinerary for the guests!

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Grêmio have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants faced each other earlier this season; Grêmio - Santos 2-2. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Santos won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Grêmio have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

SantosC. Sánchez Arcosa
C. Sánchez Arcosa
4 goals
SantosM. Santos Costa
M. Santos Costa
4 goals
SantosM. de Almeida Santos Matos
M. de Almeida Santos Matos
4 goals

Santos missing players

Grêmio missing players

Santos Grêmio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 10 22
5 4 1 Won W 0 3 6
10 5 3 Drew D 0 0 5
8 2 0 Lost L 3 7 11
21 11 2 Scored S 1 8 20
29 9 0 Conceded C 5 15 26
78% 64% 25% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
65% 55% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 55%
43% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 32%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
39% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 36%
35% 55% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 32%
48% 55% 75% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 41%
 
5.7 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 6.3
4 3.1 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.5 3.7
2.4 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.6 14.5 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.1 13.5
3.8 3.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 3.7
24% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 24% 24%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Grêmio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Grêmio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Santos is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 23 15 5 3 35 15 10 8 1 1 20 5 13 7 4 2 15 10 20 50
2 Flamengo 21 12 3 6 40 20 11 7 0 4 19 12 10 5 3 2 21 8 20 39
3 Palmeiras 23 12 3 8 35 28 12 7 2 3 21 17 11 5 1 5 14 11 7 39
4 Fortaleza 24 11 6 7 32 26 11 6 3 2 17 10 13 5 3 5 15 16 6 39
5 Corinthians 24 9 10 5 27 22 12 4 4 4 16 15 12 5 6 1 11 7 5 37
6 Bragantino 23 8 11 4 35 27 12 2 8 2 18 17 11 6 3 2 17 10 8 35
7 Atletico PR 23 10 3 10 31 29 11 6 3 2 18 13 12 4 0 8 13 16 2 33
8 Internacional 23 8 9 6 26 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 13 4 6 3 14 13 3 33
9 Fluminense 23 8 8 7 24 26 12 5 4 3 12 12 11 3 4 4 12 14 -2 32
10 America Mineiro 24 7 9 8 23 25 13 5 4 4 12 9 11 2 5 4 11 16 -2 30
11 Atletico GO 23 7 9 7 20 22 12 2 7 3 7 10 11 5 2 4 13 12 -2 30
12 Cuiaba 24 6 12 6 25 26 12 3 4 5 13 17 12 3 8 1 12 9 -1 30
13 Ceara 22 6 11 5 20 21 12 6 5 1 15 8 10 0 6 4 5 13 -1 29
14 Sao Paulo 24 6 11 7 20 25 12 3 7 2 10 9 12 3 4 5 10 16 -5 29
15 Juventude 24 6 9 9 23 29 12 5 3 4 13 13 12 1 6 5 10 16 -6 27
16 Santos 23 5 10 8 21 29 11 4 5 2 11 9 12 1 5 6 10 20 -8 25
17 Grêmio 22 6 5 11 20 26 12 3 5 4 12 11 10 3 0 7 8 15 -6 23
18 Bahia 23 6 5 12 26 38 11 4 2 5 15 17 12 2 3 7 11 21 -12 23
19 Sport Recife 24 5 8 11 13 21 12 2 4 6 5 8 12 3 4 5 8 13 -8 23
20 Chapecoense 24 1 9 14 20 38 12 0 4 8 8 20 12 1 5 6 12 18 -18 12

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.