The league table is allowed to rest as Internacional U20 and Palmeiras U20 battle for Copa Do Brasil U20 honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Internacional U20 form and stats
Last season, Internacional's Copa Do Brasil U20 journey ended in the quarter-finals.3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Do Brasil U20 for Internacional U20.
Internacional travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ceara U20 that ended 2-2. Preceding that game was the away draw at Palmeiras U20 that finished 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Internacional U20, as the Brasileiro U20 home game vs Vasco U20 is only three days away.
Palmeiras U20 form and stats
They also participated in Copa Do Brasil U20 last season. This ended in the final.When we have look at the Copa Do Brasil U20 statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Palmeiras, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Brasileiro U20 win against Bahia U20. A draw for Palmeiras before that, at their own venue hosting Internacional U20 (1-1).
An amazing comeback from Palmeiras last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Andriy Yuzvak scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Bahia U20 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fluminense U20 in just three days.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Palmeiras U20 - Internacional 1-1 earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Internacional U20 won zero, Palmeiras U20 won three and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Internacional U20 missing players
Palmeiras U20 missing players
| Internacional U20 | Palmeiras U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 41 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 331 | 184 | Total Shots | T S | 161 | 309 | ||
| 134 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 121 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||