Criciúma vs Grêmio betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on August 25th, 2024

Criciúma and Grêmio will on Sunday, August 25th, 2024 at 19:00h (UTC), play in a Serie A football game in Brazil, check the Criciúma vs Grêmio betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Criciúma vs Grêmio will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio Heriberto Hülse stadium, in the city of Criciúma, with a capacity for 19300 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Criciúma vs Grêmio betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie A has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.43 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.49 goals per game of the last championship.

Criciúma last match

In the last match played, Criciúma met Vasco da Gama, in a match valid for the Serie A. The match ended in a draw by 2-2. The coach C. Tencati's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.30 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Although the overall performance of Criciúma fell short of the pre-match expectations, the good performance of some players should be noted. For example, Allano played an excellent match and showed himself to be a solid point for his teammates to rely on even in times of difficulty.

Grêmio last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for CONMEBOL Libertadores, Grêmio, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Fluminense team with a final score of 2-1.

Before the match, it had already been stated that defeat was the most logical outcome. The most obvious indication was the odds for their vicorty, 4.50.

Criciúma vs Grêmio h2h

Grêmio occupied 3rd place when they went against Criciúma, who was in 11th place, in their last match at Serie B. Grêmio first went in with a 4-3-3 formation, which was engaged by Criciúma with a 4-4-2 deployment.

The last time these teams met was for a Serie B match, on 31-08-2022, referring to the 2022 season, which ended with a 2-0 win for Criciúma.

Criciúma

Serie A leaderboard now

The Criciúma team with 25 points currently occupies the 14th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Copa Sul-Americana, with a campaign of 6 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses.

In the 24th round, Internacional, that is in the 13th place, has the same score.

Criciúma analysis

The goal difference is not positive for Criciúma: at the end of the round 23 it registers 30 goals scored against 32 taken by its goalkeeper.

Criciúma has been putting in some good performances lately, with 2 wins and 2 draws in their last 5 matches. They will need to continue to work hard and build on their recent successes if they want to maintain their form and challenge for the best spot possible.

his ball possession percentage is 42.76% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Grêmio and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Best goalscorer from Criciúma

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Yannick Bolasie. Criciúma owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 6 goals in this season.

Grêmio

Serie A leaderboard now

Grêmio arrives in this game with 24 points, and in 15th place in the Serie A, having won 7 games in total and lost 11 times, making a total of 3 draws.

In the 24th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to the Criciúma team who places just above in 14th place.

Grêmio analysis

Grêmio counted 20 goals scored and 25 conceded at the end of Serie A day number 23.

The team's scoring ability is not brilliant: in this league it is 0.95 goals per game on average, and this may be an indicator on the chances of winning the next match, which the team will also play away from home.

With a busy schedule, Grêmio may have difficulty maintaining its performance facing multiple games in a short period of time. Despite the odds predicting a balanced game with Criciúma and Grêmio having odds for victory above 2, the team's busy schedule may be a decisive factor for the result.

Best goalscorer from Grêmio

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Gustavo Nunes Fernandes Gomes. The Attacker scored 3 goals in the current season, helping Grêmio to achieve victory in several disputes.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Criciúma is Yannick Bolasie, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Grêmio is Gustavo Nunes Fernandes Gomes, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

The market with less than 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative since Grêmio has an average of 1 goal per game when playing away from home. This option is an alternative considering that Grêmio often does not concede goals when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.65.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.67 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Criciúma has an average of 2.5 yellow cards per game over the 23 rounds, while Grêmio has an average of 2.2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.96 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Criciúma side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 times this season, very different from Grêmio who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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