In the Serie A game on 16 August 2026, Atletico-MG beat Gremio 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:1, corners 8:6.
Match report
Atlético Mineiro beat Grêmio 3-0 in the Brazilian Série A at Arena MRV on Saturday evening. The hosts took control early, with Vitor Hugo opening the scoring in the nineteenth minute before the visitors could settle into their rhythm. Grêmio had not won in their last five matches, and this result extended that run further.
Vitor Hugo's goal came from sustained pressure. Atlético had twelve shots within the penalty area by that stage, and the breakthrough felt inevitable rather than lucky. Grêmio's goalkeeper made only one save throughout the match, a modest tally that spoke to how few genuine threats emerged.
The second half belonged to Cuello. The striker found the net in the sixty-second minute and added a second four minutes later, turning a comfortable lead into one that would not be challenged. By then, Grêmio had created zero big chances all evening, and the visitors changed shape at the break in a bid to find a foothold that never materialised.
The statistics tell a familiar story. Atlético recorded five shots on target and six off, while Grêmio managed just one on target from five attempts. The expected goals figures — 2.73 against 0.47 — suggest the scoreline was generous to neither side, though Atlético found no answer from Grêmio's limited creativity. Five big chances created against none tells its own tale.
Atlético remain in eighth place with thirty-six points from twenty-five games, while Grêmio sit fifteenth with twenty-eight from twenty-four. The gap between them is no longer theoretical, and Grêmio's recent results — five matches without victory — make recovery increasingly difficult. The match ended with Atlético having made more passes into the final third and Grêmio unable to mount anything resembling a response.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %51–49
Shots on target5–1
Shots off target6–4
Expected goals2.73–0.47
HT⚽19' Vitor Hugo — Goal⇄31' Igor Gomes — Substitution🟨39' C. Pavon — Yellow card🟨42' A. Preciado — Yellow card🟨45+2' M. Cisse — Yellow card⇄46' Gustavo Martins — Substitution⇄46' J. Nardoni — Substitution⇄46' C. Pavon — Substitution🟨57' R. Lodi — Yellow card🟨61' Walter Kannemann — Yellow card⇄61' A. Franco — Substitution⇄61' M. Cisse — Substitution⚽62' Cuello — Goal⇄63' Dodi — Substitution⚽66' Cuello — Goal🟨69' Pedro Gabriel — Yellow card⇄76' Pedro Gabriel — Substitution⇄81' Cuello — Substitution⇄81' Victor Hugo — Substitution
0'45'90'
Match events
19'1:0Atletico-MG⚽GoalVitor Hugo assist: Igor Gomes
31'1:0Atletico-MG⇄SubstitutionIgor Gomes off: Bernard
