Stumbling Avaí will hope to pull off a surprise when they play top side Internacional in the next league game. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home supporters will have not-so-high expectations.
- Avaí have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Serie A
- Internacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Avaí form and stats
Avaí have collected 18 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-3-3.
Avaí drew their last game, 1-1 away at Goiás (placed 13th). The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Bissoli, having bagged a goal in three matches in a row. Vaz was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Vaz won 7 of 11 duels.
Before that, Avaí drew at home versus Corinthians.A decent goal production from Avaí in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Avaí have conceded 15 in these home matches. When Avaí hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Fortaleza, Atletico GO, Coritiba, Juventude, Cuiaba and Ceará), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Internacional form and stats
3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Internacional playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
The supporters enjoyed Internacional's previous match versus Fluminense (placed 4th), a 3-0 win played at home. Pena got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Pena scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
Take note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Internacional as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other before in this season, with the match result Internacional - Avaí 0-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Avaí wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 3 goals |   T. Barcellos Freda 3 goals |  M. Magalhães Prado 2 goals |
Avaí missing players
Internacional missing players
| Avaí | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| 35 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 59% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 55% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 18% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 7.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 12.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.2 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 28% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 22% | 31% |
| 15.9 | 12.1 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 13.6 | 13.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Avaí have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Avaí have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Serie A
- Avaí have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Serie A
- Avaí haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Internacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Internacional | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Santos | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Goiás | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Ceará | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Avaí | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -11 | 22 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Juventude | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 16 |
