Palmeiras should not await any pleasantries from the home team Internacional in this Serie A match. Here's our complete preview!
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Palmeiras have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only three days ago.
Internacional form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Serie A games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda for Internacional. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Alemão was the last player to score a league goal for Internacional and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Internacional haven't scored in 185 minutes.
The followers are hoping that Internacional will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Fluminense (placed 4th). Until that defeat this club had gone six consecutive league matches without a defeat. Internacional's goalkeeper John was extremely busy against Fluminense, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
In the match before that, Internacional hosted Cruzeiro and drew the game 0-0.Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 12 league games, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Internacional has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 4 goals.
Palmeiras form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa do Brasil home defeat versus São Paulo with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Rafael was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Rafael hit two key passes.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Flamengo in the Serie A.Palmeiras are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Internacional three wins, two draws and Palmeiras five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Cavalcante Veiga 4 goals |  E. Moreira de Sousa 4 goals |  A. Guimarães 4 goals |
Internacional missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Internacional | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 93% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 79% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 64% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 21% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 6.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.9 | 15.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | 34% |
| 14 | 12.8 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.8 | 15.7 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Gremio | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Bahia | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Goias | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 10 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 9 |
