In this 20th week match, on Saturday Jul 23rd, Grêmio will host Ponte Preta in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Grêmio sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Tombense. Diego Souza scored the first goal for Grêmio in the 14th minute on a penalty, then de Souza Mares added another in the 32nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tombense couldn’t manage to score, and Grêmio took the shutout win. Grêmio should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Ponte Preta, recorded a 1-1 draw against Criciúma. Lucca struck first for Ponte Preta in the 3rd minute, but Lohan got the equalizer for Criciúma in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Criciúma. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Apr 9th, Ponte Preta hosted Grêmio at the Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in their last match together. Ponte Preta and Grêmio battled to a 0-0 draw. Ponte Preta had 7 on net, and Grêmio had 11, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Diego Souza has been the most prolific scorer on Grêmio in the last five matches with two goals.