There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores Round of 16 meeting between Internacional and River Plate. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for River Plate, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Internacional have less rest than River Plate in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A 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, River Plate have had more rest.
Internacional form and stats
4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Internacional so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Internacional, who played 2-2 against Corinthians. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio José Pinheiro Borda). Midfielder Henrique was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Henrique scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against River Plate in the Copa Libertadores. This is expected to be a close game, with Internacional perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Internacional as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Internacional has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Internacional after this match as they are travelling to Botafogo for a Serie A game in only four days.
Internacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 8 goals.
River Plate form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the round of 16 against Velez Sarsfield.The fans enjoyed River's previous fixture versus Internacional, a Copa Libertadores win (2-1) played at home. Midfield player Aliendro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Aliendro hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Racing Club in the Superliga.Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: River Plate - Internacional 2-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Internacional victories, two draws and one River Plate win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Beltrán 12 goals |  E. Barco 5 goals |  M. Borja Hernández 5 goals |
Internacional missing players
River Plate missing players
| Internacional | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 16.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 25% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 13 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
