📊 Form Guide

Grêmio

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Grêmio, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 Copa Sudamericana victory over Palestino.

In that match, Grêmio managed 55% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Grêmio, goals were scored by Martin Braithwaite (4') and Cristian Pavón (68'). For their opponents, Palestino got 18 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

A common feature of more recent Grêmio games is the number of nil scores.

From their previous sextet of matches before this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've lost. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Going into this one, Grêmio haven't been beaten in the league by Santos in their previous 2 matches.

Santos

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In their previous fixture, Santos drew 2-2 in the Copa Sudamericana tie with San Lorenzo.

In that match, Santos had 45% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Santos, the goalscorers were Bontempo (1') and Barbosa (45'). San Lorenzo got 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Mathías de Ritis (72') and Rodrigo Auzmendi (85') scored for San Lorenzo.

Over the course of 5 of the prior six games featuring Santos, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes out as a mere 2.17, with the average goals for Peixe equalling 1.33.

Their prior results show that Santos:

• haven't won against Grêmio in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 25/06/2021, there has been little between the sides with Grêmio winning 2 of those games, Santos 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

12 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 from Tricolor dos Pampas and 6 coming from Peixe. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league meeting between these sides was Serie A match day 26 on 02/10/2025 when it finished Santos 1-1 Grêmio.

That time, Santos had 65% possession and 23 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Lautaro Díaz (89').

For their opponents, Grêmio got 4 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Edenílson (56') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Paulo Cesar Zanovelli.

ℹ️ Team News: Grêmio

Gustavo Martins (Leg injury), Roger (Hamstring injury), Juan Nardoni (Hamstring injury), Mathías Villasanti (Knee injury), Marlon (Broken ankle), Arthur Melo (Hamstring injury), João Pedro (Muscle injury) and Fabián Balbuena (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Grêmio boss Luís Castro. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Gabriel Mec and Pedro Gabriel.

In our view, Tricolor dos Pampas will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, beginning the first half with Weverton, Cristian Pavón, Luis Eduardo, Viery Fernandes, Caio Paulista, Leonel Perez, Arthur, José Enamorado, Martin Braithwaite, Francis Amuzu and Carlos Vinícius.

🗞️ Team News: Santos

Santos boss Cuca Stival has multiple availability issues to deal with. Vinicius Lira (Cruciate ligament injury), Gabriel Menino (Hamstring injury), Thaciano (Hamstring injury), João Schmidt (Hamstring injury) and Neymar (Calf problems) will miss out on this game. Álvaro Barreal is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

There’s a good chance that Peixe appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Gabriel Brazão, Igor Vinícius, Adonis Frías, Lucas Verissimo, Gonzalo Escobar, Willian Arao, Gustavo Henrique, Gabriel Bontempo, Rony, Miguel Terceros and Gabriel Barbosa.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Santos might well have a job on their hands to get anything against this Grêmio team who will likely manage to score & go ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Grêmio at full-time.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 03:05 23/05/2026