Internacional get ready to welcome América Mineiro for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa do Brasil Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as América Mineiro have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional was eliminated in the finals last season in the Copa do Brasil.Internacional have performed here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Internacional tasted defeat here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Internacional, who played 2-2 against Coritiba. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio José Pinheiro Borda). Before that, Internacional had a Copa do Brasil home game versus Atletico GO which ended with a victory 2-1.
Nonato was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Coritiba after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Internacional as they are travelling to their away game against Santos in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Internacional have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda with 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
América Mineiro form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 2nd round.5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of América Mineiro playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Brasil stats, they have 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
There were no winners in América's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Ponte Preta. A draw for América Mineiro before that, at their own venue hosting Corinthians (1-1).
The schedule is very tough for América now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie B game at Cuiaba is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of América when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. The América defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 10 games).
Head 2 Head
Internacional-América Mineiro H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Internacional six wins, América Mineiro two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 15 goals |  A. da Silva Santos Junior 4 goals | P. Bezerra do Nascimento 3 goals |
Internacional missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Internacional | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 272 | 157 | Total Shots | T S | 135 | 352 | ||
| 110 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 113 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Santos | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Gremio | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Sport Recife | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceara | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Athletico PR | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 20 | Goiás | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | América Mineiro | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Cuiaba | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 5 | Juventude | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Parana | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | CSA | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Avai | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | CRB | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Operario PR | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Confiança | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Guarani | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 16 | Vitoria | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Nautico | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Oeste | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -27 | 8 |