Serie A: What this match might miss in elegance it should compensate in effort and enthusiasm. Get set for Internacional - Santos!
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals (23) in Serie A
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional have played 13 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Coudet led his Internacional to a defeat away at Bahia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda. Defender Bustos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.24/10. Bustos hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Internacional won a home game hosting Gremio (3-2).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Internacional's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Internacional are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Vasco da Gama awaits in four days.
Internacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Internacional have conceded 14 goals.
Santos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Santos has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Santos's previous game was their home loss versus Bragantino (1-3). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. It is a concern for Santos that their goalie Paulo made six saves in the Bragantino game, but still were unable to hinder a beating. Defender Joaquim was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Joaquim hit one key pass and won 14 of 17 duels.
Prior to that result Santos won their away game at Palmeiras. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Santos playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 5 home wins.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this team's 16 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
A new game in only four days for Santos, the Serie A home match versus Coritiba. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santos as they have only managed to score 7 times from 13 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santos struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Internacional have won or drawn the last 5 games (1-4-0) versus Santos.The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Santos - Internacional 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 12 goals |  J. Mendoza Valencia 5 goals |   W. Maciel Sousa Campos 4 goals |
Internacional missing players
Santos missing players
| Internacional | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 23 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 30 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | 45 |
| 81% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 89% |
| 67% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 78% |
| 37% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 46% | 56% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 15% | 30% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 19% |
| 44% | 46% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 31% | 48% |
| 30% | 31% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 44% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 62% | 44% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12.4 | 14.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.7 | 11.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 23% | 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 18% | 28% |
| 13.1 | 11.4 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.8 | 18.5 | 15.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals (23) in Serie A
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Serie A
- Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
- Santos have the fewest scored goals (7) away 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 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 58 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Gremio | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 44 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 44 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 42 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 36 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 35 |
| 12 | Internacional | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 32 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 32 |
| 14 | Bahia | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 31 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 17 | Santos | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -15 | 30 |
| 18 | Goias | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 30 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -28 | 20 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | -26 | 18 |
