Gremio vs Corinthians - prediction, team news, lineups

In the last lucifer earlier the World Cup break, Gremio and Corinthians meet connected Saturday, May 30, astatine the Arena bash Gremio in a important fixture successful the 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A. With some sides level connected points and the relegation portion inactive wrong touching distance, the unit to unafraid a affirmative effect is important for each club.

Gremio inhabit 14th spot with 21 points and caput into the contention having suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past 5 league matches, portion remaining unbeaten successful their erstwhile 2 outings. Corinthians beryllium instantly down them successful 15th, besides connected 21 points, with lone extremity quality separating the teams. The Sao Paulo broadside person besides shown signs of improvement, winning 3 of their past 5 league fixtures.

Match preview

The triumph implicit Santos lifted the temper wrong Luis Castro's squad. The team's attacking play has returned with greater intensity, peculiarly successful speedy transitions and accordant beingness wrong the absorption box. Gremio caput into this fixture looking to prolong that corporate betterment earlier the calendar break.

Carlos Vinicius is enjoying the champion signifier of his clip astatine the nine and has established himself arsenic Gremio's superior attacking notation successful 2026, starring the team's scoring charts with 17 goals this season. His power extends beyond finishing — the question built astir him has go a cardinal constituent of the team's system.

Despite immoderate inconsistency during the campaign, Gremio person grown noticeably stronger successful Porto Alegre. The squad person mislaid conscionable doubly successful 18 location matches and person suffered lone 1 decision successful their past 10, with 7 wins successful that period. They follow a much assertive attack astatine the Arena, utilizing aboriginal pressing to power the tempo of matches.

Alongside their Brasileirao campaign, Gremio are besides competing successful the Copa Sudamericana, wherever a location gully against Montevideo City Torque saw them decorativeness 2nd successful their radical and unafraid a playoff place. 

They volition present look a broadside dropping down from the Copa Libertadores, portion the demanding fixture docket has forced accrued squad rotation successful caller weeks.

Corinthians get successful Porto Alegre nether Fernando Diniz, besides successful the mediate of a home recovery. The nine won their past location lucifer 1–0 against Atletico Mineiro, though they were successful enactment midweek for the last Copa Libertadores group-stage circular against Platense of Argentina astatine the Neo Quimica Arena.

Already qualified and confirmed arsenic radical winners, the effect inactive mattered with an oculus connected the knockout rounds — finishing apical would warrant Corinthians a location 2nd leg, astatine slightest successful the circular of 16.

In an underwhelming display, however, they were beaten 2–0, with goalkeeper Hugo Souza — who had been successful contention for a spot successful Brazil's World Cup squad — producing a notable error.

The lucifer besides marked the instrumentality of Memphis Depay to the Corinthians starting line-up. The Dutch guardant did not person a important interaction during his clip connected the transportation — and that aforesaid day, helium received his call-up to correspond the Netherlands astatine the World Cup.

Recent head-to-head signifier besides gives Corinthians crushed for confidence. Gremio's past triumph implicit Corinthians came successful 2018. Since then, the 2 sides person met 14 times, with Corinthians winning 4 and the remaining 10 ending successful draws.

Gremio Brasileiro form:

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Corinthians Brasileiro form:

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Team News

Gremio spell into the lucifer with important problems astatine the back. Luis Eduardo has sustained a Grade Two musculus injury, adding to a antiaircraft absentee database that already includes Balbuena and Gustavo Martins. As a result, Noriega and Viery are expected to signifier an wholly caller cardinal antiaircraft partnership.

The wounded database extends to different areas of the squad. Pavon suffered a Grade Two wounded to his close thigh and faces up to 4 weeks out. Weverton has besides been called up by Carlo Ancelotti for the Brazilian nationalist team, leaving Thiago Beltrame arsenic the apt starter successful goal.

For Corinthians, the header lack is Memphis Depay. The guardant played connected Wednesday and travelled connected Thursday to articulation the Netherlands squad pursuing his World Cup call-up. The fig 10 volition truthful not diagnostic against Gremio successful Porto Alegre.

Beyond Memphis, Fernando Diniz faces further enactment issues. Joao Pedro Tchoca is recovering from inguinal hernia surgery, portion Hugo Farias remains sidelined aft an cognition connected his close genu meniscus. Lingaard has besides been excused from work to woody with idiosyncratic matters successful England. Vitinho is being treated for a hamstring tendon injury.

Finally, Fabrizio Angileri, Rodrigo Garro, Hugo Souza and Matheus Bidu are each 1 booking distant from suspension.

Gremio imaginable starting lineup:

Thiago Beltrame; Marcos Rocha, Erick Noriega, Viery; Leo Perez, Arthur, Tiaguinho, Pedro Gabriel; Gabriel Mec, Amuzu, Carlos Vinicius. Manager: Luis Castro.

Corinthians imaginable starting lineup:

Hugo Souza; Matheuzinho, Gabriel Paulista, Gustavo Henrique, Matheus Bidu; Raniele, Andre Carrillo, Breno Bidon, Rodrigo Garro; Kaio Cesar, Yuri Alberto. Manager: Fernando Diniz.

We say: Gremio 2-0 Corinthians

Gremio enter the contention nether pressure, but the Arena bash Gremio remains 1 of their strongest advantages. The hosts person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their past 10 location matches and often rise their attacking level successful beforehand of their ain supporters, a origin that could beryllium decisive successful specified an important six-pointer.

Recent momentum besides appears to favour Luis Castro’s side. Corinthians arrive aft a demanding midweek Copa Libertadores fixture and are expected to beryllium without Memphis Depay, portion Gremio tin trust connected an in-form Carlos Vinicius, who is enjoying 1 of the champion spells of his career.

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