Grêmio vs Cruzeiro – betting prediction, odds for the Brazil Serie A match (28.08.2023, 00:00 CET)

Grêmio vs Cruzeiro – betting prediction
Grêmio vs Cruzeiro – betting prediction

During the weekend, in Brazil’s Serie A, the fixtures of the 21st round will take place. Here, the clash Grêmio vs Cruzeiro will be played in the night from Sunday to Monday at 00:00 CET. Thus, the fifth and the twelfth in Brazil’s Serie A table will compete against each other in the Arena do Grêmio. The Imortal Tricolor and the Raposa collected 33 and 25 points, respectively.

What speaks for Grêmio?

  • Won six of its last seven championship home matches.

What speaks for Cruzeiro?

  • Netted in seven of its last eight Serie A away fixtures from mid-April to the end of July.

Our betting prediction:

  • Prediction: Grêmio
  • Odds: 1.96

Expert analysis Grêmio

The home side in the Serie A clash Grêmio vs Cruzeiro lost on Sunday 1-2 at the fourth-bottom Santos. This marked the third time in four away matches against teams that rank in the lowest third of the table, in which Renato Portaluppi’s side dropped points. Previously, this happened to the Imortal Tricolor from the end of July onwards, with a 1-1 at the 15th-placed Goiás and a 0-1 at the third-bottom Vasco da Gama.

However, the squad from Porto Alegre managed in between, with a 2-1 win against the fourth-placed Fluminense, their sixth victory in seven Serie A home fixtures. The exception, a 0-2 home defeat to the leaders Botafogo on 9 July, snapped a run of four wins at the Arena do Grêmio. Here, the Imortal Tricolor defeated the 14th-placed city rivals Internacional (3-1), the tenth-placed São Paulo (2-1), the bottom-ranked América Mineiro (3-1) and the penultimate-placed Coritiba (5-1). Between the 0-2 against Botafogo and the 1-1 at Goiás, Grêmio prevailed against the eleventh-placed Atlético Mineiro on 23 July (1-0). In the 20 matchdays so far, the Gaio from Belo Horizonte collected two more points than their city rivals Cruzeiro.

Expert analysis Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro won only twice in their last 14 Serie A appearances. Pepa’s side did so at the end of June and the beginning of July. Here, the Raposa won 1-0 at home to São Paulo as well as at Vasco da Gama, with a 0-0 at Internacional in between. In the following and most recent six championship matches, Cruzeiro experienced two defeats and four draws.

After another 0-0 against Coritiba, the previous month ended with a 0-1 against Goiás and a 3-3 at the sixth-ranked Athletico Paranaense. Then, the side from Belo Horizonte recorded a 0-0 against Botafogo, a 0-1 at the second-placed Palmeiras and a 1-1 against the 13th-ranked Corinthians on 20 August.

Head-to-head comparison Grêmio vs Cruzeiro

This is the fourth Grêmio vs Cruzeiro clash in this year’s competition. Here, the first match between the Imortal Tricolor and the Raposa in the Serie A 2023 ended with a 1-0 for this time’s visitors. But in the Copa do Brasil, Grêmio experienced against Cruzeiro a 1-1 home draw and on 1 June a 1-0 away win.

Our betting prediction and the best odds

The home side in the Serie A match between Grêmio vs Cruzeiro lost on Sunday 1-2 at the fourth-bottom Santos. However, a week earlier, the fifth-placed side in Brazil’s Serie A table celebrated their sixth win in seven championship home matches with a 2-1 against the fourth-ranked Fluminense. The visitors from Belo Horizonte on Sunday had to cope with a 1-1 against the 13th-placed Corinthians. It represented Cruzeiro’s fourth draw in six winless league appearances. Furthermore, the Raposa lost 0-1 at home to 15th-placed Goiás and on 15 August at the second-ranked Palmeiras.

Grêmio vs Cruzeiro – betting prediction: Grêmio, odds 1.96

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