Serie A match prediction: Little separates Athletico PR and Internacional in quality

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena da Baixada (43981 seats)

Athletico PR and Internacional are both thriving in the Serie A with their 6th and 3rd spots respectively. This could be a fun fixture!

Insights:
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Internacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Athletico have less rest than Internacional in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa do Brasil game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Arena da Baixada. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Internacional have had more rest.

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Athletico PR form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Arena da Baixada as Athletico PR have scored 11 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Athletico PR's previous fixture was a Copa do Brasil game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-1 vs Bahia. The home team are looking to build on that result. Before that fixture this club had gone nine consecutive league rounds without being beaten. Midfield player Erick got a match rating of 8.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Erick scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Goias (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Athletico PR have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Atletico GO in only four days. This game is also played here at Arena da Baixada.

Athletico PR have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena da Baixada with 11 goals in 7 league matches.

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Internacional form and stats

3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Internacional in their Serie A matches away.

Internacional go into this game after a win, the home game against America Mineiro that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper Daniel was absolutely vital in the Internacional victory against America Mineiro, making seven saves. Daniel (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.81. Daniel topped it up with a clean sheet.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Internacional playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Internacional wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.

After this away game Internacional return home for a Serie A game against Sao Paulo. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Internacional are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Internacional as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Athletico victories, three draws and three Internacional wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Athletico PRM. Terans Pérez
M. Terans Pérez
6 goals
InternacionalT. Barcellos Freda
T. Barcellos Freda
3 goals
Athletico PRV. Frezarin Bueno
V. Frezarin Bueno
2 goals

Athletico PR missing players

Internacional missing players

Athletico PR Internacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 8 16
8 4 0 Won W 1 3 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 4 7
5 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
20 11 1 Scored S 1 9 23
17 7 2 Conceded C 2 7 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
56% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 81%
44% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 38%
25% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 19%
6% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 62%
38% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 31%
25% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 12%
 
5 5.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 5.6
6.7 6.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 5.5
2.8 3.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.2 14.6 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.8 13.3
3.6 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 4.9
35% 44% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 29%
 
16.2 14.3 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.2 12.4
4.9 4.9 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Internacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Internacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 16 8 6 2 27 12 8 4 2 2 16 8 8 4 4 0 11 4 15 30
2 Corinthians 16 8 5 3 18 14 8 5 3 0 10 2 8 3 2 3 8 12 4 29
3 Internacional 16 7 7 2 23 15 8 4 3 1 14 8 8 3 4 1 9 7 8 28
4 Atletico Mineiro 16 7 7 2 24 17 9 5 3 1 15 8 7 2 4 1 9 9 7 28
5 Fluminense 16 8 3 5 22 15 9 5 1 3 16 10 7 3 2 2 6 5 7 27
6 Athletico PR 16 8 3 5 20 17 7 4 2 1 11 7 9 4 1 4 9 10 3 27
7 Sao Paulo 16 5 8 3 20 16 7 4 2 1 12 6 9 1 6 2 8 10 4 23
8 Santos 16 5 7 4 20 15 9 4 3 2 14 8 7 1 4 2 6 7 5 22
9 Flamengo 16 6 3 7 18 17 7 4 1 2 10 4 9 2 2 5 8 13 1 21
10 Botafogo 16 6 3 7 17 21 7 2 1 4 7 9 9 4 2 3 10 12 -4 21
11 Bragantino 16 5 6 5 24 20 9 4 2 3 15 8 7 1 4 2 9 12 4 21
12 Goias 16 5 5 6 16 19 8 3 4 1 10 8 8 2 1 5 6 11 -3 20
13 Cuiaba 16 5 4 7 13 17 8 2 4 2 6 5 8 3 0 5 7 12 -4 19
14 Coritiba 16 5 4 7 20 25 9 5 2 2 13 9 7 0 2 5 7 16 -5 19
15 America Mineiro 16 5 3 8 12 18 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 1 1 7 3 13 -6 18
16 Avai 16 5 3 8 18 27 8 4 2 2 14 12 8 1 1 6 4 15 -9 18
17 Ceara 16 3 9 4 16 17 7 0 5 2 6 9 9 3 4 2 10 8 -1 18
18 Atletico GO 16 4 5 7 17 22 8 3 2 3 10 8 8 1 3 4 7 14 -5 17
19 Juventude 16 2 6 8 15 28 8 1 2 5 7 14 8 1 4 3 8 14 -13 12
20 Fortaleza 16 2 5 9 13 21 9 1 5 3 4 6 7 1 0 6 9 15 -8 11

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.