The season has been a struggle for Goiás so far, and the same description fits Internacional. These hardened teams eye some much needed points here.
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
Internacional have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The visiting Internacional played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Libertadores match.
Goiás form and stats
Goiás have played 10 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Goiás travelled for their previous game, a trip to Corinthians that ended 1-1. Goiás's goalie Tadeu played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Corinthians with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Guilherme got a match rating of 7.92 in that game, the max score being 10. Guilherme scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
In the match before that, Goiás hosted Atletico PR and drew the game 1-1.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.
Goiás are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Internacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Internacional so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). When Internacional is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Santos, Internacional, Coritiba, Bahia, America Mineiro and Vasco da Gama is teams we like to compare Goiás with.
The attacking players of Internacional have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 252 minutes.
The followers enjoyed Internacional's previous game versus Bolivar, a Copa Libertadores win (2-0) played at home. Wanderson got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, top player of the team. Wanderson served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Flamengo.The attacking power of Internacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest games involving these opponents have all finished as Internacional victories. Are we destined for another one?These competitors have fought before this season: Internacional - Goiás 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Costa Marques 3 goals |   M. Magalhães Prado 3 goals |  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |
Goiás missing players
Internacional missing players
| Goiás | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 81% |
| 67% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 19% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 43% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 43% |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 6.7 | 5.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 14.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.4 | 12 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 23% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 18% | 22% |
| 15.5 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 15 | 13.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Gremio | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Internacional | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Goiás | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Bahia | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
