In this week 31 match on the 20th of September, Grêmio and Sport Recife will play a match in Rio in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Grêmio recorded a 2-1 win against Vasco da Gama. Léo Matos scored the first goal for Vasco da Gama in the 4th minute, then Joao Paulo de Souza Mares tied it up for Grêmio in the 10th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 20th minute on a goal by Thaciano. Grêmio should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while sport Recife sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bahia. Gustavo Lopes struck first for Sport Recife in the 66th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bahia couldn’t manage to score, and Sport Recife took the shutout win. Sport Recife is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio Adelmar Da Costa Carvalho, Sport Recife and Grêmio battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Sport Recife nor Grêmio could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Sport Recife’s top weapon lately has been Gustavo Lopes, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Both Thaciano and de Souza Mares have been the hottest scorers for Grêmio in the last five each having scored 2 goals.