Football news and preview: Grêmio favourites when Operário PR visit

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 09.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena do Grêmio (55662 seats)

Grêmio are thought of as favourites to win this home game against Operário PR, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Serie B
  • Operário PR have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Serie B

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither Grêmio nor Operário PR 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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Grêmio form and stats

This stadium, Arena do Grêmio, has been a fortress for Grêmio in the Serie B so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-1. days ago.

Happy days for Grêmio in their previous game, a fixture away at Guarani (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Augusto (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.35/10. Augusto served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Chapecoense that finished 0-0.

Grêmio are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 11, drew 0 and lost 1.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 19 league games, 16 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grêmio as they are travelling to their away game against CRB in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

Grêmio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena do Grêmio with 17 goals in 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Grêmio have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Operário PR form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Operário PR so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Operário, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Kalil scored in Operário PR's previous match, the home game against Nautico that ended 1-0. Yippee; their first win in the league after six rounds not winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Oliveira when Kalil scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. Arnaldo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Arnaldo hit two key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

A 0-3 defeat away at Ponte Preta before that.

Highlight this: 9 of the latest 12 league games involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

After this away game Operário PR return home for a Serie B game against Sampaio Correa. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Operário PR as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Operário in these games. Operário PR has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Operário PR - Grêmio 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

GrêmioD. de Souza Andrade
D. de Souza Andrade
4 goals
Operário PRP. Luiz de Souza
P. Luiz de Souza
4 goals
GrêmioA. Rodrigues de Oliveira
A. Rodrigues de Oliveira
2 goals

Grêmio missing players

Operário PR missing players

Grêmio Operário PR
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 11 22
10 8 2 Won W 0 1 6
10 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
2 1 1 Lost L 2 6 10
23 17 5 Scored S 2 7 20
8 3 2 Conceded C 6 16 26
68% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 82%
50% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 68%
18% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 41%
5% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 20% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 36%
64% 70% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 36%
41% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 55% 45%
 
5.6 5.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.8 4.8
4.7 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 5.2
1.7 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.8 18 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.2 11
4.7 6.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 3.8
22% 25% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 24%
 
11.2 9.7 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 15.5 13.2
2.7 3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.8 4.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Operário PR have scored away.
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Serie B
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
  • Grêmio have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Serie B
  • Grêmio is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
  • Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie B
  • Operário PR have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Serie B
  • Operário PR 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 Cruzeiro 22 15 4 3 27 10 11 11 0 0 18 2 11 4 4 3 9 8 17 49
2 Bahia 22 12 4 6 25 11 12 8 2 2 17 5 10 4 2 4 8 6 14 40
3 Grêmio 22 10 10 2 23 8 10 8 1 1 17 3 12 2 9 1 6 5 15 40
4 Vasco da Gama 22 10 9 3 23 12 12 7 5 0 15 2 10 3 4 3 8 10 11 39
5 Londrina 22 9 6 7 23 21 11 5 5 1 15 9 11 4 1 6 8 12 2 33
6 Tombense 22 7 11 4 22 20 11 6 5 0 16 8 11 1 6 4 6 12 2 32
7 Sport Recife 22 7 10 5 16 14 11 6 4 1 11 4 11 1 6 4 5 10 2 31
8 Sampaio Correa 22 8 5 9 26 25 10 8 2 0 22 6 12 0 3 9 4 19 1 29
9 Criciuma 22 7 8 7 23 21 11 5 3 3 13 8 11 2 5 4 10 13 2 29
10 CRB 22 7 8 7 20 28 12 4 7 1 12 9 10 3 1 6 8 19 -8 29
11 Novorizontino 22 7 6 9 21 26 12 5 3 4 13 13 10 2 3 5 8 13 -5 27
12 Ituano 22 6 9 7 23 22 10 3 5 2 9 7 12 3 4 5 14 15 1 27
13 Ponte Preta 22 6 8 8 17 18 10 4 4 2 8 3 12 2 4 6 9 15 -1 26
14 Brusque 22 6 7 9 16 20 11 4 4 3 9 7 11 2 3 6 7 13 -4 25
15 Operário PR 22 6 6 10 20 26 11 5 2 4 13 10 11 1 4 6 7 16 -6 24
16 Chapecoense 22 5 9 8 17 20 10 1 4 5 7 13 12 4 5 3 10 7 -3 24
17 CSA 22 3 11 8 14 22 10 2 6 2 9 10 12 1 5 6 5 12 -8 20
18 Guarani 22 3 10 9 14 26 12 2 6 4 5 11 10 1 4 5 9 15 -12 19
19 Vila Nova 22 2 13 7 14 22 12 2 8 2 8 8 10 0 5 5 6 14 -8 19
20 Nautico 22 4 6 12 18 30 11 2 4 5 13 14 11 2 2 7 5 16 -12 18

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.