Santos vs Gremio Predictions

• Santos have drawn six of their last nine Serie A games (Lost 3).
• Three of the last four meetings between the clubs have ended in draws.
• Santos average 1.0 goal per game at home while Gremio average 0.8 per game on the road.

Neither team can afford to lose

Two teams that cannot afford to lose meet at Estádio Urbano Caldeira on Sunday as relegation-threatened Santos host fellow strugglers Gremio. With ten games to go in Serie A, Santos are teetering on the brink of the bottom four while Gremio, two points worse off, actually occupy one of the relegation spots.

Veteran midfielder Carlos Sanchez ended Santos’ 391-minute goal drought in the league with his spectacular early effort against Sao Paulo last time out, but Peixe could not hang on.They come into this game with a record of six draws in their last nine league games, which instantly makes the odds on offer for another here look interesting.

Draw is the pragmatic play

Gremio are anything but draw specialists, having either won or lost ten of their last eleven games, but their only draw since July was last time out against Cuiaba.

It’s tempting to back the visitors in the double chance market here because they have won five of their last ten while Santos have not tasted victory in Serie A in their last nine attempts, but the draw is the pragmatic play.

We’re also tacking on an ‘unders’ angle to the bet though because these two sides respective stats really don’t suggest there will be many goals.