Football match preview: Bragantino vs Internacional

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Fri 10.December
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid (17724 seats)

Bragantino are positioned 6th, while Internacional are lagging 5 points behind in the standings. Can they crop the gap?

Insights:
  • Bragantino have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A

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 Internacional have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Internacional is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Bragantino form and stats

Bragantino have collected 27 points from their Serie A home games so far after 6-9-3.

No payout for Bragantino in their previous match, an away game at Atletico Mineiro that ended in defeat 3-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Bragantino, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Atletico Mineiro. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Artur was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Artur scored two goals and had 28 successful passes (of 29 total).

Heartbreak before that as Bragantino lost 0-1 at Juventude's place.

The Bragantino fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 18 league matches. On the other hand, Bragantino have conceded 20 goals.

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Internacional form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Internacional so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 4-6-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Internacional, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Internacional's previous game was their home loss versus Atlético GO (1-2). Víctor Cuesta, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.32. Cuesta served one assist, hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.

A draw for Internacional before that, at their own venue hosting Santos (1-1).

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the participants met previously this campaign; Internacional - Bragantino 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Bragantino zero wins, one draw and Internacional two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BragantinoY. Oliveira dos Santos
Y. Oliveira dos Santos
12 goals
BragantinoA. Guimarães
A. Guimarães
11 goals
BragantinoH. Nunes de Castro
H. Nunes de Castro
5 goals

Bragantino missing players

Internacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bragantino Internacional
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
13 6 2 Won W 1 4 12
14 9 4 Drew D 1 6 12
10 3 0 Lost L 3 8 13
54 27 7 Scored S 6 15 44
46 20 5 Conceded C 8 19 41
95% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 89%
76% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 44% 59%
51% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 41%
27% 28% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 17% 22%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 8%
57% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 51%
27% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 30%
22% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 30%
 
4.8 5.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.2
6.2 6.3 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.2 4.9
2.3 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 2.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 3 7 11
 
13.2 12.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.3 12.7
4.4 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 4.5
33% 37% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 27%
 
14.3 13.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13.8 12.7
4.5 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.9 4.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bragantino have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 37 26 6 5 64 30 19 17 1 1 42 13 18 9 5 4 22 17 34 84
2 Flamengo 37 21 8 8 69 34 19 13 1 5 31 15 18 8 7 3 38 19 35 71
3 Palmeiras 37 19 6 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 14 63
4 Corinthians 37 15 12 10 40 35 19 10 5 4 26 18 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 57
5 Fortaleza 37 16 7 14 42 44 18 10 4 4 24 18 19 6 3 10 18 26 -2 55
6 Bragantino 37 13 14 10 54 46 18 6 9 3 27 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 8 53
7 Fluminense 37 14 9 14 35 38 18 10 5 3 21 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 -3 51
8 América Mineiro 37 12 14 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 2 50
9 Atlético GO 37 12 14 11 31 36 18 5 10 3 15 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -5 50
10 Ceará 37 11 17 9 39 37 19 10 7 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 50
11 Santos 37 12 13 12 34 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 49
12 Internacional 37 12 12 13 44 41 19 8 6 5 29 22 18 4 6 8 15 19 3 48
13 São Paulo 37 11 15 11 31 37 19 7 9 3 18 15 18 4 6 8 13 22 -6 48
14 Atletico PR 37 13 7 17 40 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -4 46
15 Cuiabá 37 10 16 11 33 36 19 7 6 6 18 20 18 3 10 5 15 16 -3 46
16 Bahia 37 11 10 16 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 22 18 3 5 10 14 27 -8 43
17 Juventude 37 10 13 14 35 44 18 8 6 4 18 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -9 43
18 Gremio 37 11 7 19 40 48 18 7 6 5 25 18 19 4 1 14 15 30 -8 40
19 Sport Recife 37 9 10 18 23 36 18 5 6 7 12 12 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 37
20 Chapecoense 37 1 12 24 27 64 19 0 6 13 13 32 18 1 6 11 14 32 -37 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 37 26 6 5 64 30 19 17 1 1 42 13 18 9 5 4 22 17 34 84
2 Flamengo 37 21 8 8 69 34 19 13 1 5 31 15 18 8 7 3 38 19 35 71
3 Palmeiras 37 19 6 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 14 63
4 Corinthians 37 15 12 10 40 35 19 10 5 4 26 18 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 57
5 Fortaleza 37 16 7 14 42 44 18 10 4 4 24 18 19 6 3 10 18 26 -2 55
6 Bragantino 37 13 14 10 54 46 18 6 9 3 27 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 8 53
7 Fluminense 37 14 9 14 35 38 18 10 5 3 21 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 -3 51
8 América Mineiro 37 12 14 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 2 50
9 Atlético GO 37 12 14 11 31 36 18 5 10 3 15 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -5 50
10 Ceará 37 11 17 9 39 37 19 10 7 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 50
11 Santos 37 12 13 12 34 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 49
12 Internacional 37 12 12 13 44 41 19 8 6 5 29 22 18 4 6 8 15 19 3 48
13 São Paulo 37 11 15 11 31 37 19 7 9 3 18 15 18 4 6 8 13 22 -6 48
14 Atletico PR 37 13 7 17 40 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -4 46
15 Cuiabá 37 10 16 11 33 36 19 7 6 6 18 20 18 3 10 5 15 16 -3 46
16 Bahia 37 11 10 16 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 22 18 3 5 10 14 27 -8 43
17 Juventude 37 10 13 14 35 44 18 8 6 4 18 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -9 43
18 Gremio 37 11 7 19 40 48 18 7 6 5 25 18 19 4 1 14 15 30 -8 40
19 Sport Recife 37 9 10 18 23 36 18 5 6 7 12 12 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 37
20 Chapecoense 37 1 12 24 27 64 19 0 6 13 13 32 18 1 6 11 14 32 -37 15

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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.