Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Grêmio (2nd, 65 pts) and Ponte Preta (12th, 49 pts). Per game in the league, Grêmio were scoring 1.32 and conceding 0.68, Ponte Preta 0.89 and 0.95, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
Grêmio came in having won three on the spin. Ponte Preta were winless in 6. Over the last five, Grêmio had taken 11 of 15 points to Ponte Preta's 2.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Grêmio have 5 wins to Ponte Preta's 1, with 5 draws, at 1.73 goals per meeting. Only 27% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Arena do Grêmio in Rio, with room for 19,924 spectators. On the scoreboard, Grêmio led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.