Gremio vs Atletico MG – Brasileirão A 

Grémio and Atlético try to recover in the championship after bad results in the middle of the week.

The Atlético team lost at home against Fluminense and they already forgot their good start of championship. They are in the 11th place with 6 points and with the worst defense in the championship with 13 goals suffered. Away from home they lost the two games they played with 3 goals scored and 8 suffered. For this game they can’t count with Coelho, Fabiano and Correa.

27.05.2010 D1 Série A Vitória Salvador BA Atlético Mineiro MG 4-3
15.05.2010 D1 Série A Grêmio Prudente SP Atlético Mineiro MG 4-0
06.05.2010 Cup Quarterfinal Santos SP Atlético Mineiro MG 3-1
25.04.2010 MG Final Ipatinga MG Atlético Mineiro MG 2-3
22.04.2010 Cup Round 3 Sport Club Recife PE Atlético Mineiro MG 0-2

Grémio is not very good in the competition also. They are in the 14th place with 5 points only and they are in a place that they didn’t expect in the beginning of the season. Playing at home the team has one victory and one draw (but they played with the reserve team in Brazilian cup) with 4 goals scored and 2 suffered. The problem for the manager Silas is the lot of players that can’t play like Borges, Jonas, Rafael Marques and Mário Fernandes.

27.05.2010 D1 Série A Grêmio Porto Alegre RS Avai Florianópolis SC 3-0
16.05.2010 D1 Série A Grêmio Porto Alegre RS Corinthians SP 1-2
13.05.2010 Cup Semifinal Grêmio Porto Alegre RS Santos SP 4-3
06.05.2010 Cup Quarterfinal Grêmio Porto Alegre RS Fluminense RJ 2-0
02.05.2010 RS Final Grêmio Porto Alegre RS Internacional RS 0-1

Grémio will try to show that at home they are the better team but they are without attack and players who can create danger. Roberson and William Batoré aren’t starting players. Another aspect is that the very criticized Luxemburgo will play with a very defensive team with three centers and try to explore counter attacks. The away of the major scorer on Grémio and the defensive strategy of Atlético are factors to give a new face to this game.