The Corinthians & Internacional head coaches Pereira and de Menezes are both fearing and feeling excited about this crucial match in the upper regions of the Serie A positions.
- Corinthians have the most points (27) at home in Serie A
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Internacional when visiting Corinthians as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
This promises to be an entertaining match with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Corinthians form and stats
Corinthians are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Neo Química Arena. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Corinthians's last game was hosting Bragantino (placed 11th) and winning 1-0. At last, a league win after three matches without. The goalie Cássio was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.44 out of ten. Cássio topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, 2-2 away to Fluminense (Copa do Brasil). 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 Corinthians have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Low on goals? In this club's last 18 league games, 14 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Corinthians has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Corinthians have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Internacional form and stats
4-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Internacional in their Serie A matches away.
276 minutes! That's how long the Internacional goalkeeper Daniel de Sousa Brito and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Edenilson, Wanderson and Johnny (2) secured the home win 4-0 against Juventude in their previous game. As mentioned above, Internacional was the only team on the pitch versus Juventude in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Wanderson got a match rating of 8.74 in that game, top player of the team. Wanderson scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Avaí with the score of 1-0.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 14 relevant matches. Results were 3 Internacional wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.
Some information for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Corinthians have pulled off a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (1-7-0) when playing Internacional.The latest logged match featuring both these sides is the Internacional - Corinthians 2-2 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Krug Guedes 6 goals |  F. Santos Romeu 3 goals |  A. Ferreira Soares 3 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Internacional missing players
| Corinthians | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 38 |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 54% | 42% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 75% | 79% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 42% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 12.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.4 | 13.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 30% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 11.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 13.3 | 12.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- Corinthians have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Serie A
- Corinthians have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Serie A
- Corinthians have the most points (27) at home in Serie A
- Corinthians have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Serie A
- 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 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | Internacional | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Santos | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | America Mineiro | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Goias | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Ceara | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 18 | Avaí | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -13 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
