Soccer game preview: Home supporters with high hopes before Internacional - Avaí

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

This looks to be quite the engrossing encounter at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in the Serie A. Internacional is in 5th place and host Avaí in 6th place. Read all about the game here!

Insights:
  • Internacional have the most points from losing position (3) in Serie A

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

W W W D L

Internacional form and stats

Internacional have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Internacional are returning here after visiting Independiente Medellín in a Copa Sudamericana fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Fluminense.

There will be little rest for Internacional after this match as they are travelling to Guairena for a Copa Sudamericana game in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Internacional at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Avaí form and stats

Avaí have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Serie A were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 5 fixtures.

The fans enjoyed Avaí's previous match versus Goias (placed 18th), a 3-2 win played at home. Midfield player Raniele was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Raniele hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Corinthians's place.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Avaí has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Internacional won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Avaí have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalA. Zurawski
A. Zurawski
2 goals
AvaíL. da Conceição Silva
L. da Conceição Silva
1 goals
AvaíR. Almeida Melo
R. Almeida Melo
1 goals

Internacional missing players

Avaí missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Internacional Avaí
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 0 4
3 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 3.7
4.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 4.3
4 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 16 16 14
4 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 4
25% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
11.7 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 13
3.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Internacional have the most points from losing position (3) in Serie A
Internacional Last season Avaí
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   6 13
12 8   Won W   0 3
12 6   Drew D   3 5
14 5   Lost L   3 5
44 29   Scored S   1 9
42 22   Conceded C   6 10
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   50% 69%
58% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   17% 38%
39% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   17% 23%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 8%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
50% 63%   BTTS BTTS   17% 23%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 46%
32% 16%   Failed to Score F T   83% 62%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
4.9 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   7.7 6.2
2.7 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
11 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.4 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.2 9.2
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1 2.7
26% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 26%
 
13.1 11.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 11.2
4.6 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santos 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
2 Atletico Mineiro 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
3 Corinthians 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 6
4 Cuiaba 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
5 Internacional 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
6 Avaí 3 2 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 6
7 Bragantino 3 1 2 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 5
8 Palmeiras 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
9 Flamengo 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
10 Coritiba 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 4
11 Sao Paulo 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 4
12 Botafogo 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 4
13 Fluminense 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
14 América Mineiro 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 3
15 Ceara 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
16 Athletico PR 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 3
17 Atletico GO 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 2
18 Goias 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 1
19 Juventude 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
20 Fortaleza 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 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 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 América Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceara 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Athletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15
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 Brusque 11 7 3 1 20 11 6 4 2 0 10 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 9 24
2 Hercilio Luz 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 5 0 0 12 3 6 1 3 2 1 4 6 21
3 Camboriu 11 6 3 2 11 6 5 5 0 0 8 2 6 1 3 2 3 4 5 21
4 Concordia 11 6 2 3 13 8 5 2 2 1 3 2 6 4 0 2 10 6 5 20
5 Chapecoense 11 5 1 5 10 13 6 3 1 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 3 7 -3 16
6 Marcilio Dias 11 4 3 4 19 15 6 3 2 1 10 4 5 1 1 3 9 11 4 15
7 Figueirense 11 4 3 4 15 14 5 3 1 1 10 6 6 1 2 3 5 8 1 15
8 Avaí 11 3 3 5 8 9 6 3 1 2 7 3 5 0 2 3 1 6 -1 12
9 Joinville 11 2 5 4 9 15 5 1 2 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 4 7 -6 11
10 Barra do Garcas 11 3 1 7 12 14 5 1 1 3 2 4 6 2 0 4 10 10 -2 10
11 Prospera Criciuma 11 3 1 7 8 15 6 1 1 4 5 9 5 2 0 3 3 6 -7 10
12 Juventus SC 11 1 4 6 7 18 6 0 3 3 3 11 5 1 1 3 4 7 -11 7

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 Santos 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
2 Atletico Mineiro 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
3 Corinthians 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 6
4 Cuiaba 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
5 Internacional 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
6 Avaí 3 2 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 6
7 Bragantino 3 1 2 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 5
8 Palmeiras 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
9 Flamengo 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
10 Coritiba 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 4
11 Sao Paulo 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 4
12 Botafogo 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 4
13 Fluminense 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
14 América Mineiro 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 3
15 Ceara 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
16 Athletico PR 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 3
17 Atletico GO 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 2
18 Goias 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 1
19 Juventude 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
20 Fortaleza 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0

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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.