Both teams have an illustrious past in Serie A, but neither have played up to their potential this year, nor have they shown a ton of consistency.
Sao Paulo are the third-lowest scoring team in Serie A with only 28 goals, but Gremio have conceded the second-most, so we expect that both sides will have their chances, but neither are all that great at making those opportunities count.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Gremio win with a probability of 45.51%. A win for Sao Paulo had a probability of 28.54% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Gremio win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.1%) and 2-0 (8.19%). The likeliest Sao Paulo win was 0-1 (8.37%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.34%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Gremio would win this match.
