Bragantino vs Gremio - prediction, team news, lineups

Bragantino big Gremio astatine the Cicero de Souza Marques Stadium connected Sunday successful the 24th circular of the Brazilian Championship, with some sides looking to respond to disappointing caller results.

Massa Bruta are attempting to extremity a four-game winless run, portion the visitors get nether unit aft suffering their heaviest decision of the play and stay conscionable 2 points wide of the relegation zone.

Match preview

Bragantino caput into the play successful seventh spot with 32 points from 22 matches, but their caller results person failed to bespeak respective encouraging performances.

Since the resumption of the play pursuing the World Cup, Massa Bruta person won conscionable 1 of their 8 matches and are inactive waiting for their archetypal triumph successful the Brazilian Championship during that period.

Their astir caller league outing ended successful a 1-1 gully distant to Athletico-PR, wherever they took the pb earlier coming nether expanding unit successful the closing stages, earlier drafting 2-2 with Atletico-MG connected Wednesday earlier being eliminated from the Copa Sudamericana 3-2 connected aggregate.

With their continental run present over, the Brasileirao becomes Bragantino's sole focus, though the timing of Sunday's fixture presents different challenge, with the lucifer being their 4th successful conscionable 12 days, leaving small clip for betterment oregon preparation.

At home, Bragantino person produced a reasonably balanced run but person not consistently turned their territorial vantage into results – they are apt to bask much possession and walk agelong periods successful Gremio's half, but their quality to interruption down a compact defence could again beryllium decisive.

The hosts volition truthful request to determination the shot much rapidly and marque amended usage of the spaces that look erstwhile Gremio are forced to support for extended periods.

Gremio, meanwhile, are looking to regain stableness aft a damaging 3-0 decision to Atletico-MG, which represented their heaviest nonaccomplishment since Luis Castro took charge.

That effect came aft consecutive victories implicit Mirassol and Sao Paulo had appeared to awesome a betterment pursuing their Copa Sudamericana elimination, but the decision successful Belo Horizonte again highlighted immoderate of the antiaircraft issues that person persisted passim the campaign.

Their biggest interest remains their distant form, arsenic Gremio are inactive without a azygous triumph connected the roadworthy successful the Brasileirao and person scored lone six goals crossed their 11 distant matches.

The archetypal gathering betwixt these sides this play offered a bully illustration of that problem, arsenic Gremio took the pb and threatened connected the counter, but gradually allowed Bragantino to instrumentality control, with the hosts accumulating shots and unit earlier yet uncovering an equaliser.

Gremio volition request to debar becoming excessively passive again, peculiarly against a Bragantino broadside apt to predominate territory astatine home.

There is 1 important vantage for Castro's team, however, and that is mentation clip – portion the hosts person been progressive successful a demanding series of matches, Gremio person had a afloat week to retrieve and enactment connected their weaknesses.

That further remainder could assistance the visitors vie with greater intensity, but they volition inactive request to find a mode to crook their improved mentation into a much convincing distant performance.

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Team News

Bragantino are expected to callback respective players who started successful the Brasileirao, with Tiago Volpi apt to instrumentality successful extremity aft Cleiton featured successful the Copa Sudamericana.

Gustavo Marques and Bruninho person been cleared by the aesculapian department, portion Vanderlan, Caue and Davi Gomes stay sidelined arsenic they proceed their recoveries.

Vagner Mancini volition besides person to negociate the fatigue of players progressive successful Wednesday's lucifer against Atletico-MG. 

However, with Bragantino present focused solely connected the Brasileirao, the manager has little crushed to marque extended changes and could sanction a broadside adjacent to his preferred XI.

Gremio volition beryllium without Walter Kannemann, who is suspended aft picking up his 3rd yellowish card. Gustavo Martins, Juan Nardoni and Dodi are besides unavailable owed to carnal problems.

Wallace and Wagner Leonardo are expected to signifier the centre-back partnership, portion Marlon should instrumentality astatine left-back.

Mathias Villasanti is disposable again aft being rested for the decision to Atletico-MG and should instrumentality to midfield alongside Erick Noriega and Filip Krovinovic.

Danilo Barbosa has been registered with the Brazilian Football Confederation but is inactive moving towards afloat lucifer fittingness and is apt to commencement connected the bench.

Bragantino imaginable starting lineup:

Volpi; Sant'Anna, Henrique, Marques, Capixaba; Fernandes, Gabriel; Herrera; Barbosa, Vinicinho; Pitta

Gremio imaginable starting lineup:

Weverton; Caito, Wallace, Leonardo, Marlon; Noriega, Villasanti, Krovinovic; Pavon, Vinicius, Amuzu

We say: Bragantino 1-0 Gremio

Bragantino's quality to propulsion the crippled into the absorption fractional should springiness them a flimsy advantage, peculiarly against a Gremio defence that volition person a antithetic look owed to Kannemann's suspension.

However, the hosts' caller struggles against compact antiaircraft structures and the fatigue caused by their congested docket marque a comfy triumph unlikely.

We expect a tight, low-scoring contest, with Bragantino's location vantage and greater attacking inaugural yet giving them capable to borderline retired Gremio.

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