We have a full round of fixtures in the Brazilian Serie A this weekend, including the meeting between Grêmio and Coritiba.
The match will be played on the 25th of June at the Arena do Grêmio and the hosts begin the game in 3rd place on 20 points while the visitors are bottom of the table on 4 points.
Reinaldo rolou para @LuisSuarez9 tirar do goleiro e beijar a pistola! El Pistolero em campo, tem bola na rede. #Brasileirão2023 #GRExAFC pic.twitter.com/gDiVn3n476— Grêmio FBPA (@Gremio) June 23, 2023
Reinaldo rolou para @LuisSuarez9 tirar do goleiro e beijar a pistola! El Pistolero em campo, tem bola na rede. #Brasileirão2023 #GRExAFC pic.twitter.com/gDiVn3n476
Grêmio come into the match on the back of a 3-1 home win over América Mineiro in Serie A on Thursday night.
It was América Mineiro who opened the scoring in the 25th minute but Grêmio equalised 5 minutes before the interval.
Into the second half and Grêmio took advantage of playing against ten men by taking the lead in 61st minute and scoring a third goal 8 minutes later.
The win over América Mineiro means Grêmio have won 5 of their 6 most recent fixtures in all competitions.
They have defeated Internacional and São Paulo at home in Serie A plus Athletico Paranaense away in the league and Cruzeiro away in the Copa do Brasil. The only defeat was away to Flamengo in Serie A.
Trends show Grêmio are unbeaten in all their last 6 home matches in Serie A. They have won each of their last 3 home league games and have seen over 2.5 goals in 4 of their 5 most recent home league matches.
Coritiba make the trip to the Arena do Grêmio having lost 1-0 at home to Internacional in Serie A on Thursday.
The only goal of the game was scored in the 66th minute from the penalty spot and Coritiba failed to breakdown the visitors defence.
The loss at home to Internacional means Coritiba have failed to win any of their 13 most recent fixtures in all competitions.
They have lost 8 of their last 12 games in all competitions with the defeats coming at home to Fortaleza, Atlético Mineiro, and Internacional, plus away to Flamengo, Bahia, Athletico Paranaense, and Palmeiras in the league.
There was also a 2-0 defeat at Sport Recife in the Copa do Brasil.
Trends show Coritiba have won just 3 of their last 21 league games. They have lost 5 of their last 6 away Serie A matches and have seen over 2.5 goals in all 5 of those defeats.
Team news and Grêmio have a significant injury list. Everton Galdino, Fabio da Silva, Pepê, Diego Souza, Jhonata Robert, and Pedro Geromel are all unavailable.
Grêmio also have doubts over the fitness of Rodrigo Ferreira.
Coritiba make the trip without injured midfielder Liziero. They also have doubts over the fitness of Willian Farias.
Given the form and position in the table of both teams, this should be a comfortable home victory. We expect to see Grêmio win the match, with over 2.5 goals scored.