Sport Recife vs Gremio Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

The Porto Alegre side are looking for a 4th straight win here after grabbing a couple of last gasp winners in recent weeks. They’ve won their last 2 home games in the 89th minute or later with a Marcelo Hermes strike giving them a 3-2 win over Santos and a Bobo goal helping them to a 2-1 win over Figueirense last time out. In between those games they won 1-0 at city rivals Internacional so they are finding a way to grind out wins right now and as a result they are in 3rd place and on the heels of Corinthians and Palmeiras above them, although it’s probably fair to say they haven’t looked as convincing as the two Sao Paulo clubs.

Convincing is certainly not a word you’d use to describe Sport Recife. They are just 1 place off the bottom and come into this match hoping to avoid a 4th consecutive defeat. It’s all a far cry from last season when they were the league’s surprise package securing a 6th place finish. The pressure is on Oswaldo de Oliveira who is rumoured to be on the brink of losing his job and he could really use a win here.

There have been some reasons for optimism for Sport and they’ve mostly come in the final third. It’s only 3 weeks since they were hammering Chapecoense 5-1 at home and they’ve netted 12 goals in their last 4 home games but only Chape have conceded more goals than them in Serie A this season.

This should be an open game with Gremio realising it is the sort of game they need to be winning if they are to be serious title contenders. Palmeiras came here and won 3-1 last week and Corinthians have also won at the Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho already this season so it is a good test of Gremio’s metal.

Both teams have scored in all of Sport’s last 4 matches and 7 of their last 9 games in Serie A. These two sides both rank in the top seven for goals scored so we should see a few here but Gremio’s winning habit and extra quality should see theme edge another close game and you can back Gremio to win 2-1 at 17/2.