A peek at the Serie B table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Read our Grêmio - Sampaio Corrêa preview!
- Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest points (1) away in Serie B
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sampaio Corrêa, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.
Grêmio and Sampaio Corrêa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Grêmio form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Grêmio have to build on here at Arena do Grêmio in the Serie B.
Grêmio are confident in defense, having played 450 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Grêmio drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sport Recife (placed 4th). Geromel was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Geromel hit one key pass and won 9 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Novorizontino.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 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 0 and lost 1.
The Grêmio fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Grêmio have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Sampaio Corrêa form and stats
There's been little loot from Sampaio Corrêa's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Serie B. Sampaio Corrêa only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
The followers enjoyed Sampaio Corrêa's previous match versus Náutico (placed 17th), a 2-0 win played at home. Pimentinha got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Pimentinha scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at Criciuma before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sampaio played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sampaio Corrêa's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. Sampaio Corrêa have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Alves de Paula 5 goals |  D. de Souza Andrade 4 goals |  A. Rodrigues de Oliveira 2 goals |
Grêmio missing players
Sampaio Corrêa missing players
| Grêmio | Sampaio Corrêa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 33% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 50% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 58% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 67% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 18.2 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.7 | 12.7 |
| 5.2 | 7.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 15% | 18% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 11% | 25% |
| 10.5 | 8.6 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
- 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 Sampaio Corrêa have scored away.
- Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Serie B
- Grêmio have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest points (1) away in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Bahia | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Grêmio | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Criciuma | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Operario PR | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Tombense | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Sampaio Corrêa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Londrina | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Chapecoense | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | CRB | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Brusque | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 16 | CSA | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Náutico | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 19 | Guarani | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
