It's still early in the Serie A season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Fluminense - Internacional preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fluminense and Internacional.
It's quite the trip for Internacional when visiting Fluminense as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Fluminense form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Fluminense have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Fluminense drew their last game, also a home match. Palmeiras (placed 12th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Fluminense lost 0-1 at Grêmio's place.
The manager O. Hellmann will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bragantino in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Fluminense at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Internacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Internacional have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Internacional goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba do Nascimento is eager to challenge this, with his 264 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Edenílson and Paolo Guerrero scored in Internacional's previous match, the home game against Santos that ended 2-0. Prior to that result Internacional won their away game at Coritiba. The scoreline was 1-0.
A new game in only three days for Internacional, the Serie A home match versus Atlético GO. Busy days.
1 goal so far away for Internacional, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fluminense one win, three draws and Internacional six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Guerrero González 2 goals |   F. de Lima Barbosa 1 goals | E. Andrade dos Santos 1 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Internacional missing players
| Fluminense | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 20% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| Fluminense | Last season | Internacional | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 10 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 11 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 62% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 19% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 14% | ||
| 31% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 36% | ||
| 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 43% | ||
| 31% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 149 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 193 | ||
| 70 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 62 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Internacional | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlético GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ceará | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Goiás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |