Grêmio have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Sport Recife. Prepare for the match with this Serie A preview!
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.
It's quite the trip for Grêmio when visiting Recife as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Sport Recife form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie A game of the season here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from Sport Recife's 4 home games.
Andre was the last player to score a league goal for Recife and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sport Recife haven't scored in 184 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager U. Louzer Filho led his Sport Recife to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Fortaleza. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho. Sander, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Sander won 9 of 10 duels. Sport Recife's goalkeeper Mailson was extremely busy against Fortaleza, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Atlético Mineiro that was lost 0-1.Recife are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Juventude awaits in three days.
At Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, Sport Recife has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Grêmio form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Grêmio in their Serie A matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Atletico PR with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Walter Kannemann was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Kannemann won 6 of 11 duels.
A 0-0 draw at Brasiliense's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Grêmio manager T. Retzalff Nunes as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Cuiaba.
It's early days yet, but Grêmio has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Recife won six, Grêmio won one and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Neves Augusto 1 goals |  A. Ribeiro de Souza 1 goals |  V. de Oliveira Campos 1 goals |
Sport Recife missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Sport Recife | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 2.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| Sport Recife | Last season | Grêmio | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 93% | ||
| 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 87% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 53% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 13% | ||
| 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 7% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atletico GO | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Bahia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Ceará | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Internacional | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Juventude | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | São Paulo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Chapecoense | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Grêmio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Náutico | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | Salgueiro | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Afogados | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Vera Cruz | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 11 |
| 7 | Retro | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Central | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 9 | Sete de Setembro PE | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Academica Vitoria | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 5 |