Coritiba vs Internacional match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira (43000 seats)

Coritiba will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a victory from this grim dispute, versus sparky Internacional.

Insights:
  • Coritiba have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie A
  • Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Serie A

Coritiba have less rest than Internacional in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only three days ago. That game was an away game at São Paulo, so at least Coritiba are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Coritiba form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 Serie A games here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira for Coritiba. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. Ever since the Atletico Mineiro game Coritiba has been unbeatable here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira producing four straight wins.

Coritiba faced defeat in their previous match, away at São Paulo (1-3). The forward Cadorini was announced as "man of the match" for Coritiba with the rating of 7.14/10. Cadorini scored one goal.

Heartbreak before that as Coritiba lost 0-1 at Atletico PR's place.

The manager Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fortaleza in only four days.

Coritiba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. From these home matches, Coritiba have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Internacional form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Internacional have produced an overall stat of 6-7-3 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Internacional as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

It's the second away game in a row for Internacional, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Botafogo (placed 11th) last time out. Romero came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Botafogo last time out, making the manager de Menezes feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Pena was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Pena hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Goias.

Observe: 10 of the last 13 league games involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ceara in just three days.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Internacional have put together a streak of 11 consecutive games without defeat (6-5-0) when facing Coritiba.

The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Internacional - Coritiba 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

CoritibaL. Gamalho de Souza
L. Gamalho de Souza
7 goals
InternacionalA. Zurawski
A. Zurawski
7 goals
CoritibaA. Mangueira Severino Pereira
A. Mangueira Severino Pereira
6 goals

Coritiba missing players

Internacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coritiba Internacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 6 16 32
10 10 1 Won W 3 6 16
4 2 0 Drew D 3 7 12
18 4 2 Lost L 0 3 4
32 21 3 Scored S 8 16 49
52 13 5 Conceded C 5 15 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
72% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 69% 69%
47% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 47%
25% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 22%
9% 6% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
44% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 83% 50% 47%
22% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 38% 47%
34% 19% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
5.6 5.8 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5.2
5.6 5.6 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.4 5.6
2.7 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.9 2.4
9 6 3 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.6 13.5 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.9 14
3.8 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 5.1
26% 31% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 25% 30%
 
15.6 13.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 13.9 12.7
5.3 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Coritiba have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie A
  • Coritiba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (27) 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 32 19 11 2 53 21 16 10 4 2 30 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 32 68
2 Internacional 32 16 12 4 49 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 6 7 3 16 15 21 60
3 Flamengo 32 16 7 9 51 29 16 10 3 3 32 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 22 55
4 Fluminense 32 16 6 10 51 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 54
5 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
6 Atletico PR 32 14 9 9 38 36 16 9 6 1 24 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 2 51
7 Atletico Mineiro 32 12 11 9 38 33 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 6 6 4 17 17 5 47
8 America Mineiro 32 13 6 13 30 32 16 8 3 5 19 15 16 5 3 8 11 17 -2 45
9 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
10 São Paulo 32 10 14 8 44 34 16 7 5 4 28 17 16 3 9 4 16 17 10 44
11 Botafogo 32 12 7 13 32 35 16 4 4 8 13 16 16 8 3 5 19 19 -3 43
12 Santos 32 11 10 11 38 29 16 8 4 4 27 15 16 3 6 7 11 14 9 43
13 Bragantino 32 9 11 12 41 43 16 7 5 4 24 16 16 2 6 8 17 27 -2 38
14 Goias 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
15 Coritiba 32 10 4 18 32 52 16 10 2 4 21 13 16 0 2 14 11 39 -20 34
16 Ceara 32 6 16 10 29 33 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 34
17 Cuiaba 32 7 10 15 24 35 15 4 7 4 12 11 17 3 3 11 12 24 -11 31
18 Atletico GO 32 7 9 16 32 49 16 5 4 7 18 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -17 30
19 Avai 32 7 7 18 28 52 17 6 4 7 21 24 15 1 3 11 7 28 -24 28
20 Juventude 32 3 12 17 25 58 16 2 8 6 15 22 16 1 4 11 10 36 -33 21

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 Palmeiras 32 19 11 2 53 21 16 10 4 2 30 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 32 68
2 Internacional 32 16 12 4 49 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 6 7 3 16 15 21 60
3 Flamengo 32 16 7 9 51 29 16 10 3 3 32 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 22 55
4 Fluminense 32 16 6 10 51 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 54
5 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
6 Atletico PR 32 14 9 9 38 36 16 9 6 1 24 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 2 51
7 Atletico Mineiro 32 12 11 9 38 33 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 6 6 4 17 17 5 47
8 America Mineiro 32 13 6 13 30 32 16 8 3 5 19 15 16 5 3 8 11 17 -2 45
9 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
10 São Paulo 32 10 14 8 44 34 16 7 5 4 28 17 16 3 9 4 16 17 10 44
11 Botafogo 32 12 7 13 32 35 16 4 4 8 13 16 16 8 3 5 19 19 -3 43
12 Santos 32 11 10 11 38 29 16 8 4 4 27 15 16 3 6 7 11 14 9 43
13 Bragantino 32 9 11 12 41 43 16 7 5 4 24 16 16 2 6 8 17 27 -2 38
14 Goias 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
15 Coritiba 32 10 4 18 32 52 16 10 2 4 21 13 16 0 2 14 11 39 -20 34
16 Ceara 32 6 16 10 29 33 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 34
17 Cuiaba 32 7 10 15 24 35 15 4 7 4 12 11 17 3 3 11 12 24 -11 31
18 Atletico GO 32 7 9 16 32 49 16 5 4 7 18 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -17 30
19 Avai 32 7 7 18 28 52 17 6 4 7 21 24 15 1 3 11 7 28 -24 28
20 Juventude 32 3 12 17 25 58 16 2 8 6 15 22 16 1 4 11 10 36 -33 21

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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.