Season ticket holders at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio haven’t watched many home wins this season, with América Mineiro struggling in the 18th position. The opposing Internacional will hope to shield their higher league spot in this match.
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (25) in Serie A
- Internacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Internacional have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
América Mineiro form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for América Mineiro at their home stadium (Estádio Raimundo Sampaio) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
América faced defeat in their previous match, away at Grêmio (1-3). América Mineiro's goalkeeper Cavichioli was extremely busy against Grêmio, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Atletico PR that ended 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with América Mineiro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with América Mineiro as a small favourite), we find 8 games. América Mineiro has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Goal fest? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for América as they are travelling to their away game against Penarol in the Copa Sudamericana. That match is four days after this one.
América Mineiro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Internacional play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Coritiba (placed 20th). John was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.05. The agile goalkeeper John topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Internacional secured a home win against Vasco da Gama with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Internacional in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Internacional, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Internacional, the Copa Libertadores home match versus Independiente Medellin. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Internacional's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (América Mineiro wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Avelar 3 goals |  A. dos Santos Gonçalves 3 goals |   W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Internacional missing players
| América Mineiro | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 25 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 82% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 45% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 27% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 15.8 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 23% | 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 16% | 24% |
| 14.8 | 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15 | 14.4 |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- All of América Mineiro's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América Mineiro have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (25) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie A
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Internacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Internacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Internacional | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 13 | Santos | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | América Mineiro | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 4 |
