It's the second chance for points this season as Fortaleza and Internacional battle it out at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas.
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 4100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Fortaleza form and stats
Last season, Fortaleza's league statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Cearense 1. Over these seven matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 2. Playing at home last season Fortaleza managed 2-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 1 conceded. Fortaleza has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Santa Cruz defeat 74 days ago.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Fortaleza, who played 1-1 against Ceara. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas).
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Atletico Mineiro with a 2-1 scoreline.There will be little rest for Fortaleza after this match as they are travelling to Ceara for a Copa do Brasil game in only four days.
Internacional form and stats
Two travels in a row for Internacional, whose manager M. Ramírez could celebrate last time after the Copa do Brasil win against Vitoria. Thiago Galhardo came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Vitoria last time out, making the manager M. Ramírez feel like a tactical genius.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sport Recife in the Serie A.After this away game Internacional return home for a Copa do Brasil game against Vitoria. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Fortaleza won two, Internacional won seven and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Souza Lisboa 2 goals |  E. Andrade dos Santos 1 goals | R. Oliveira Lindoso 1 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Internacional missing players
| Fortaleza | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Fortaleza | Last season | Internacional | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 67% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 67% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 53% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 27% | ||
| 22% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 53% | ||
| 78% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.6 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 7.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 50% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ceara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Atletico GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuiabá | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Juventude | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Gremio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Atletico Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 17 |
| 2 | Ferroviario | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Ceara | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| 5 | Pacajus | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Caucaia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 4 |
| 7 | Crato | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 4 |
| 8 | Icasa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 3 |