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| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grêmio | 15 | D1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4/15 | 6-7 |
| Cruzeiro | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 6/15 | 9-9 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 28 finished meetings (2009-08-02 – 2026-04-18) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | Cruzeiro | 2-0 | Grêmio |
| 2025-11-05 | Grêmio | 0-1 | Cruzeiro |
| 2025-07-13 | Cruzeiro | 4-1 | Grêmio |
| 2024-11-28 | Cruzeiro | 1-1 | Grêmio |
| 2024-07-10 | Grêmio | 0-2 | Cruzeiro |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grêmio | 17 | 28 | 29 | -8 | WLLLD | 15 | +2 |
| Cruzeiro | 6 | 28 | 45 | 2 | WLWLW | 5 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-10-17
Grêmio, 17th on 29 points, face a 16-point deficit to Cruzeiro (6th, 45). Per game in the league, Grêmio score 1.07 and conceding 1.36, Cruzeiro 1.5 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game. Three points here take Grêmio to 32 and up to 14th, assuming other results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 28 games: 11 Grêmio wins, 12 for Cruzeiro, 5 draws, at 2.43 goals per meeting.
The venue is Arena do Grêmio in Rio, with room for 60,540 spectators.
