Grêmio vs Tombense pre-match info: Away side in for a grim 90 minutes at Arena do Grêmio

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena do Grêmio (55662 seats)

Serie B: A pair of teams who have performed nicely as yet. Let's get ready for Grêmio - Tombense with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie B
  • Tombense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Grêmio and Tombense 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.

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Grêmio form and stats

Grêmio have performed here at Arena do Grêmio this season with 6 wins from 8 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Grêmio, as their goalkeeper Gabriel Hamester Grando has completely shut out the opponents for 347 minutes in the Serie B.

Grêmio's last game was hosting Nautico (placed 17th) and winning 2-0. Defender Nicolas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.45/10. Nicolas signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

0-0 away at Bahia before that.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Grêmio home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them had goals from both teams.

Grêmio are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Brusque awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Grêmio in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Grêmio have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Tombense form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tombense so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-2 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Tombense has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Tombense are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Chapecoense (placed 15th). That win felt good as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. Ricardo got a match rating of 9.04 in that game, top player of the team. Ricardo scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Ponte Preta.

A tale of few goals? 13 of this club's last 17 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Criciuma in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tombense as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tombense are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

GrêmioE. Alves de Paula
E. Alves de Paula
5 goals
TombenseJ. Ferreira da Silva
J. Ferreira da Silva
5 goals
GrêmioD. de Souza Andrade
D. de Souza Andrade
4 goals

Grêmio missing players

Tombense missing players

Grêmio Tombense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 0 Played P 1 8 17
7 6 0 Won W 0 1 5
8 1 0 Drew D 0 5 10
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
15 12 0 Scored S 0 6 18
5 2 0 Conceded C 2 7 15
65% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
41% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 76%
6% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 24%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 71%
71% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 18%
47% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 24%
 
5.9 5.9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.1 3.3
4.5 3.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 8.1 6.5
1.9 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 18.1 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 10.5
5.1 7.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.8
17% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 28%
 
10.9 9.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.9 14.1
2.8 2.9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 3.9
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 the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie B
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Serie B
  • Grêmio have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Serie B
  • Tombense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Tombense 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 17 12 2 3 21 8 8 8 0 0 13 1 9 4 2 3 8 7 13 38
2 Vasco da Gama 17 9 7 1 17 7 9 6 3 0 10 1 8 3 4 1 7 6 10 34
3 Bahia 17 9 3 5 18 9 9 6 1 2 12 4 8 3 2 3 6 5 9 30
4 Grêmio 17 7 8 2 15 5 8 6 1 1 12 2 9 1 7 1 3 3 10 29
5 Sport Recife 17 6 7 4 12 8 8 5 2 1 8 2 9 1 5 3 4 6 4 25
6 Tombense 17 5 10 2 18 15 9 4 5 0 12 8 8 1 5 2 6 7 3 25
7 Criciuma 17 6 5 6 18 16 9 4 2 3 10 6 8 2 3 3 8 10 2 23
8 Novorizontino 17 6 5 6 16 19 9 4 2 3 10 10 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 23
9 CRB 17 6 5 6 15 20 9 3 5 1 8 6 8 3 0 5 7 14 -5 23
10 Sampaio Corrêa 17 6 4 7 18 18 8 6 2 0 15 4 9 0 2 7 3 14 0 22
11 Londrina 17 6 4 7 18 19 9 4 4 1 13 8 8 2 0 6 5 11 -1 22
12 Brusque 17 6 2 9 12 16 8 4 1 3 7 5 9 2 1 6 5 11 -4 20
13 Operario PR 17 5 4 8 18 21 8 4 0 4 12 10 9 1 4 4 6 11 -3 19
14 Ituano 17 4 6 7 17 19 8 2 4 2 8 7 9 2 2 5 9 12 -2 18
15 Chapecoense 17 4 6 7 15 18 8 1 2 5 7 13 9 3 4 2 8 5 -3 18
16 Ponte Preta 17 4 6 7 10 14 8 2 4 2 4 3 9 2 2 5 6 11 -4 18
17 Nautico 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 2 4 3 11 10 8 2 2 4 5 11 -5 18
18 Guarani 17 3 8 6 11 19 9 2 5 2 3 6 8 1 3 4 8 13 -8 17
19 CSA 17 2 10 5 9 14 8 2 5 1 7 6 9 0 5 4 2 8 -5 16
20 Vila Nova 17 1 10 6 10 18 9 1 7 1 5 5 8 0 3 5 5 13 -8 13

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.