In this week 25 match, on Sun Aug 21st, Grêmio hosts Cruzeiro in a meeting of these two Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Grêmio sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against CRB. Diogo Silva struck first for CRB in the 8th minute on a penalty, then Diogo Silva added another in the 37th minute on a penalty In the end, Grêmio was frustrated by CRB’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. CRB ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Grêmio should be reasonably happy with their performance, while cruzeiro is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Chapecoense. Felipe scored the first goal for Chapecoense in the 6th minute, but Lucas Oliveira got the equalizer for Cruzeiro in the 49th minute earning Cruzeiro a comeback draw. Cruzeiro should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Grêmio and Cruzeiro last played eachother at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto on Sun May 8th. Cruzeiro was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Rodrigo Ferreira scored the first goal for Cruzeiro on an own goal in the 27th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Grêmio couldn’t manage to score, and Cruzeiro took the shutout win.
Stenio Zanetti Toledo and Daniel de Melo Araujo Junior are the top scorers for Cruzeiro in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Grêmio is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with de Oliveira Cardoso and Gabriel Teixeira Aragão each having 2 goals in their last five.