Internacional perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Novo Hamburgo can look both up and down from their 7th position.
It's no vacation for neither Internacional nor Novo Hamburgo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Internacional form and stats
When playing at home, Internacional have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. After failing to beat Pelotas here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, Internacional has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.Happy days for Internacional in their previous game, a Gaucho 1 match away at Novo Hamburgo (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Internacional had a home game versus Novo Hamburgo which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Internacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 matches. Internacional are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Novo Hamburgo form and stats
Playing away, Novo Hamburgo have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season. Novo Hamburgo seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Gaucho 1 home defeat versus Internacional with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-2 defeat away at Internacional before that.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Novo Hamburgo's away games this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. Novo Hamburgo have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Novo Hamburgo - Internacional 0-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Internacional victories, 3 draws and 1 Novo Hamburgo win.Internacional missing players
Novo Hamburgo missing players
| Internacional | Novo Hamburgo | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | Played | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 71% | 67% |
| 25% | 40% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 17% |
| 33% | 40% | Both teams to score | 43% | 33% |
| 50% | 60% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | Failed To Score | 29% | 50% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Grêmio | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Caxias | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | São Luiz | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | EC São José | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Aimoré | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Novo Hamburgo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Juventude | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Avenida | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 6 |
| 12 | Veranópolis | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
