Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Grêmio 2nd with 65 points, Náutico 20th with 30, 35 apart. In league terms the two rates read 0.84/1.71 for Náutico and 1.32/0.68 for Grêmio (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.01.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Náutico.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Náutico 1, draws 0, Grêmio 6, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 71% of the meetings. Only 14% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho in Recife (capacity 22,856). On the scoreboard, Grêmio led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.