Palmeiras bet in retrospect against Grêmio to maintain good phase

Palmeiras comes from three consecutive victories in the Brazilian Championship and has good reason to bet that they will expand this series against Grêmio, this Sunday (31), in Porto Alegre.

The team alviverde has not lost to rivals from the South since November 2019, when they were defeated by 2-1, in a confrontation also by Nacional. Afterwards, there were five duels, with three victories for the São Paulo team and two draws.

The sequence includes the decision of the 2020 Brazil Cup, held in 2021. On that occasion, Abel Ferreira’s men triumphed in Porto Alegre (1 to 0) and in São Paulo (2 to 0), taking the title, the fourth of the competition in the club’s history.

The match valid for the 29th round of the Brazilian Nationals will be held at Arena do Grêmio, at 4 pm, broadcast on TV Globo.

Despite the recent history showing the two teams deciding on a championship, they live very different moments.

While Palmeiras has 49 points and is among the top four at Nacional, Grêmio has 26 and is second to bottom, just ahead of Chapecoense.

The club alviverde still lives the expectation of defending the Copa Libertadores title. The final will be against Flamengo and is scheduled for November 27, in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Until then, Abel Ferreira has an opportunity at the Brazilian Nationals to make the team gain even more confidence. In the last three games, the morale of the squad rose with victories over Internacional (1-0), Ceará (2-1) and Sport (2-1).

Grêmio, in turn, lost in the last round to Atlético-GO, away from home, by 2-0. In its last five games, Vagner Mancini’s team only beat Juventude. Therefore, his situation in the table remains very complicated, with a serious risk of relegation.