Cruzeiro vs Grêmio Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Cruzeiro

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Cruzeiro, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 Serie B triumph against Chapecoense.

Under three goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Cruzeiro have taken part. In terms of the goal weighting from that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 5 and Cruzeiro totted up 6.

Pre-game facts show that Cruzeiro:

• have not beaten Grêmio in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Grêmio

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Grêmio will go into the encounter after a 2-0 Serie B win to defeat CRB in their previous outing.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, Grêmio have seen their goal attempts be successful 8 times thus yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.

Their previous form shows that Grêmio:

• remain undefeated by Cruzeiro in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 19/06/2017 shows that Cruzeiro have won 1 of these games and Grêmio 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them from Celeste and 11 created by Tricolor dos Pampas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The last league contest between the two was Serie A match day 37 on 05/12/2019 when the final score was Grêmio 2-0 Cruzeiro.

On that occasion, Grêmio had 62% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Ferreira (67') and Pepê Aquino (85').

For their opponents, Cruzeiro had 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Andre Luiz Castro.

📰 Team News: Cruzeiro

The Cruzeiro boss Felipe Conceição will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash with a fully healthy squad to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Grêmio

Owing to an otherwise available group of players, there is only a single fitness worry for the Grêmio boss to contend with. Jhonata Robert (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Grêmio and Cruzeiro should play out a closely-fought contest here.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

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Renata Leite, 00:50 04/05/2022