In a mid week match in week 33, on Tuesday Oct 4th, CSA will travel to Rio to battle Grêmio in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie B teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Grêmio is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Sport Recife. Gabriel Teixeira Aragão struck first for Grêmio in the 52nd minute on a feed from Diego Souza, then Lucas Leiva added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sport Recife couldn’t manage to score, and Grêmio took the shutout win. Grêmio is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed CSA, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Tombense. Élton scored the first goal for CSA in the 36th minute, then Lucas Barcellos Damasceno added another in the 40th minute In the end, Tombense couldn’t muster any offence and CSA ran away with the shutout win. CSA is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 24th of June, CSA hosted Grêmio in their last match together. CSA and Grêmio battled to a 1-1 draw. Geovane Batista de Faria scored the first goal for CSA in the 13th minute, but Janderson got the equalizer for Grêmio in the 47th minute earning Grêmio a comeback draw.
Lucas Barcellos Damasceno has been the most prolific scorer on CSA in the last 5 matches with three goals. Both Thaciano and Joao Paulo de Souza Mares have been the hottest scorers for Grêmio in the last five each having scored 2 goals.