It's looking good for Internacional so far this season, with the 6th spot in the Serie A table and looking forward to facing Cruzeiro (who are in 12th).
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cruzeiro, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cruzeiro have had more rest.
Internacional form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Internacional have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Two home wins in a row for Internacional bring valid hopes of a third.
Internacional's previous match was a Copa Libertadores game also played at home, ending 3-1 vs Independiente Medellin. The home side are looking to repeat that performance. The versatile forward Adriano outperformed all others in that match and managed a match rating of 9.02 out of 10. Adriano scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A strong away win before that one, visiting America Mineiro and winning 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Internacional have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Internacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 4 goals.
Cruzeiro form and stats
2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruzeiro in their Serie A matches away. Cruzeiro has drawn their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against São Paulo in their previous game. That win felt sweet as this side had gone five league fixtures without winning. Cruzeiro goalie Cabral was high and low in the São Paulo game, contributing nine saves towards the victory. Cabral (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.75. Cabral topped it up with a clean sheet.
A loss against Fortaleza was the result prior to that, in a home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cruzeiro playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Cruzeiro wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cruzeiro are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
Internacional have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when playing Cruzeiro.Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |   G. Oliveira Souza Junior 3 goals |  W. Ribeiro Silva 3 goals |
Internacional missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Internacional | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 58% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 33% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5 | 7.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 12.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15 | 15.5 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 28% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 25% |
| 14.4 | 13.6 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
- All of Cruzeiro's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Cruzeiro have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Gremio | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Internacional | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
