July 16th features a match where Grêmio and Tombense will play a match in Rio in a meeting of these two Serie B teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. 4th placed Grêmio is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Náutico. Aldemir dos Santos Ferreira struck first for Grêmio in the 43rd minute, then Bruno Alves added another in the 78th minute on a feed from Nicolas Vichiatto At the end of 90 a dissapointed Náutico couldn’t manage to score, and Grêmio took the shutout win. Grêmio should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Tombense, recorded a 2-1 win against Chapecoense. Zé Ricardo struck first for Tombense in the 11th minute, then in the 24th minute, Tiago Real sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Matheus Henrique Bianqui. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Tombense should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Nenê Bonilha and Zé Ricardo have been the hottest scorers for Tombense in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Diego Souza has been the most prolific scorer on Grêmio in the last five matches with 2 goals.