📏 Form Guide

Vitoria

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Vitoria will be wanting a better result here after the 0-1 Copa Sudamericana defeat in their last game at the hands of Cerro Largo.

In that match, Vitoria had 64% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Cerro Largo had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Vitoria have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Vitoria have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals in the process.

Coming into this meeting, Vitoria have left without a victory over Grêmio in their previous 7 league games.

Grêmio

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In their previous game, Grêmio drew 2-2 in the Copa Sudamericana tie with Godoy Cruz.

In that game, Grêmio managed 40% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Grêmio, goals were scored by Edenílson (34') and Alexander Aravena (81'). Godoy Cruz got 19 shots on goal with 4 on target. Agustín Auzmendi (63') and Luca Martínez Dupuy (86') scored for Godoy Cruz.

Looking at their form, and Grêmio have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in total. Defensively, Grêmio can certainly do much better. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, however.

Taking a look at their past results, Grêmio:

• are winless against Vitoria when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated by Vitoria when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• are without a win away from home in their last 10 league matches. Very poor, indeed.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at past results between these clubs going back to 12/08/2018 reveals that these encounters have been pretty painful for Vitoria. They have not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas Grêmio have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

A total of 12 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 1 of them from Leão da Barra and 11 belonging to Tricolor dos Pampas. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The previous league meeting between the two was Serie A match day 37 on 04/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Vitoria 1-1 Grêmio.

In that match, Vitoria managed 49% possession and 25 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alerrandro (67').

At the other end, Grêmio had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. João Pedro (37') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alex Gomes Stefano.

ℹ️ Team News: Vitoria

It seems likely that Leão da Barra could use the 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Lucas Arcanjo, Claudinho, Lucas Halter, Zé Marcos, Jamerson, Gabriel Baralhas, Ricardo Ryller, Erick, Matheuzinho, Gustavo Silva and Janderson.

ℹ️ Team News: Grêmio

There’s a good chance that Tricolor dos Pampas seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Tiago Volpi, João Pedro, Jemerson, Wagner Leonardo, Marlon, Dodi, Mathías Villasanti, Edenilson, Franco Cristaldo, Cristian Olivera and Martin Braithwaite.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Grêmio will need to put in a solid display to score goals against this Vitoria side who will likely manage to score & go ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Vitoria when all is said and done.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Victor Martins, 21:02 27/04/2025