RIO. Grêmio was able to turn the tables against Goiás to win 2-1. It was Goiás to strike first with a goal of Everton Morelli at the 28′. Then it was a goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Cristaldo gave the win to Grêmio in the 56′ minute.
The match was played at the Arena do Grêmio stadium in Rio on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Marcelo de Lima Henrique with the collaboration of Nailton Oliveira and Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos. The 4th official was Leo Simão. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.38 degrees Celsius or 86.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Grêmio was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Goiás that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Grêmio was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Grêmio won the match.
Grêmio shot 13 times, 7 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Goiás shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Grêmio received 3 yellow cards (Gustavo Martins, F. Carballo and Nathan Fernandes). Regarding the opposition, Goiás received 2 yellow cards (Apodi and Julián Palacios).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Grêmio will have 62 points to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Goiás will stay with 35 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Grêmio will play away with Fluminense on the 2nd of December with a 22-7 head to head stats in favor of Grêmio (12 draws).
Goiás will host América Mineiro on the 2nd of December with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Goiás (4 draws).
Grêmio – Formation
Grêmio
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Grêmio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Renato Portaluppi decided to play with the following team: Caíque , Fábio , Bruno Alves , W. Kannemann , Reinaldo , M. Villasanti , F. Carballo , F. Cristaldo , Everton Galdino , L. Suárez and Nathan Fernandes .
The home team had on the bench: Rodrigo Ely, Luan, Ferreira , J. Galvão, Gabriel Grando, Nathan , Bruno Uvini, L. Besozzi, Pepê , Gustavo Martins , Cuiabano and André Henrique .
Substitutions
Grêmio made 5 changes: Everton Galdino for Ferreira (35′), Nathan Fernandes for André Henrique (81′), Fábio for Pepê (46′), F. Cristaldo for Nathan (73′) and F. Carballo for Gustavo Martins (46′).
Player of the match: Ferreira
The most impressive player for Grêmio was Ferreira.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 6.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 35′.
Goiás – Formation
Goiás
Also Goiás adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Mário Henrique de Souza Rocha played with: Tadeu , Maguinho , Lucas Halter , Bruno Melo , Diego , Luís Oyama , Willian Oliveira , Everton Morelli , Guilherme , Vinícius and Julián Palacios .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Sidimar, Raphael Guzzo, Matheus Babi, Pedro Junqueira, Breno Herculano , Apodi , Alesson, Edu , Anderson Oliveira , Marcelo Rangel and Vinicius Rodrigues.
Goiás could not rely on the presence of Breno Herculano (injured).
Substitutions
Goiás made 4 changes: Vinícius for Breno Herculano (55′), Julián Palacios for Apodi (56′), Luís Oyama for Anderson Oliveira (79′) and Guilherme for Edu (80′).
Player of the match: Willian Oliveira
The most impressive player for Goiás was Willian Oliveira.
His rating is with 54 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Cruzeiro – Athletico PR – 1-1
- Bragantino – Fortaleza – 1-2
- Coritiba – Botafogo – 1-1
- Grêmio – Goiás – 2-1
- Palmeiras – América Mineiro – 4-0
