Serie A preview: Can Internacional edge out victory against Bragantino?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 29.September
Match begins: 00:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

The league table reveals that 15 points split the two contenders in this Serie A game. Internacional hold both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Internacional is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A
  • Bragantino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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Internacional form and stats

Internacional have performed here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda this season with 8 wins from 13 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Internacional here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's back home for Internacional, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Atletico GO away with the result 2-1. Henrique (2) found the net in that victory. The forward Henrique bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.85 out of 10. Henrique scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cuiabá in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Internacional handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this team has contained three or more goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Internacional as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Santos are visiting.

The Internacional manager de Menezes has got the team scoring with 28 from 13 home games in the league. Internacional are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bragantino form and stats

Bragantino have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-5-6 (13 played). Bragantino have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Bragantino's last game was the home draw against Goiás (1-1). Defender Ortiz was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Ortiz served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Atlético Mineiro.

Bragantino are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Flamengo.

Bragantino have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bragantino's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded result between these participants is the Bragantino - Internacional 0-2 played previously this season. Internacional-Bragantino H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Internacional three wins, Bragantino one win, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalA. Zurawski
A. Zurawski
7 goals
BragantinoL. Candido de Almeida
L. Candido de Almeida
7 goals
InternacionalW. Maciel Sousa Campos
W. Maciel Sousa Campos
6 goals

Internacional missing players

Bragantino missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Internacional Bragantino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
13 8 2 Won W 0 2 8
10 4 1 Drew D 0 5 10
4 1 1 Lost L 4 6 9
43 28 9 Scored S 3 15 37
26 11 6 Conceded C 9 21 34
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 78%
52% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 44%
22% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 26%
7% 15% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 7%
52% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 56%
41% 54% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 22%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 22%
 
5.3 6.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 6.1
5.6 4.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.8 6.1
2.5 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14 16.5 17 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.6 15.5
5 6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 5
32% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 28%
 
12.5 11.2 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 16.5 13.6
4 4 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bragantino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Internacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Internacional have the most scored goals (28) at home in Serie A
  • Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Serie A
  • Internacional have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Internacional is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A

  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 27 16 9 2 44 19 14 9 3 2 26 11 13 7 6 0 18 8 25 57
2 Internacional 27 13 10 4 43 26 13 8 4 1 28 11 14 5 6 3 15 15 17 49
3 Fluminense 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 9 2 3 27 15 13 5 4 4 15 16 11 48
4 Flamengo 27 13 6 8 42 24 13 8 2 3 27 8 14 5 4 5 15 16 18 45
5 Corinthians 27 12 8 7 30 26 13 8 4 1 17 6 14 4 4 6 13 20 4 44
6 Atletico PR 27 12 8 7 33 31 13 7 5 1 20 11 14 5 3 6 13 20 2 44
7 Atlético Mineiro 27 10 10 7 34 30 13 5 4 4 19 15 14 5 6 3 15 15 4 40
8 América Mineiro 27 11 6 10 23 25 14 8 3 3 17 11 13 3 3 7 6 14 -2 39
9 Goiás 27 9 10 8 30 33 13 5 6 2 17 14 14 4 4 6 13 19 -3 37
10 Botafogo 27 9 7 11 27 30 14 4 4 6 12 12 13 5 3 5 15 18 -3 34
11 Santos 27 8 10 9 29 25 13 6 4 3 20 12 14 2 6 6 9 13 4 34
12 Bragantino 27 8 10 9 37 34 14 6 5 3 22 13 13 2 5 6 15 21 3 34
13 Sao Paulo 27 7 13 7 35 31 13 5 5 3 21 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 4 34
14 Fortaleza 27 8 7 12 25 29 13 3 6 4 9 9 14 5 1 8 16 20 -4 31
15 Ceara 27 6 13 8 26 28 14 3 6 5 13 16 13 3 7 3 13 12 -2 31
16 Coritiba 27 8 4 15 28 43 14 8 2 4 18 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -15 28
17 Avai 27 7 7 13 26 39 14 6 4 4 19 17 13 1 3 9 7 22 -13 28
18 Cuiabá 27 6 9 12 19 27 13 3 7 3 9 8 14 3 2 9 10 19 -8 27
19 Atletico GO 27 5 7 15 24 42 14 4 3 7 14 16 13 1 4 8 10 26 -18 22
20 Juventude 27 3 10 14 21 45 14 2 6 6 12 19 13 1 4 8 9 26 -24 19

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 27 16 9 2 44 19 14 9 3 2 26 11 13 7 6 0 18 8 25 57
2 Internacional 27 13 10 4 43 26 13 8 4 1 28 11 14 5 6 3 15 15 17 49
3 Fluminense 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 9 2 3 27 15 13 5 4 4 15 16 11 48
4 Flamengo 27 13 6 8 42 24 13 8 2 3 27 8 14 5 4 5 15 16 18 45
5 Corinthians 27 12 8 7 30 26 13 8 4 1 17 6 14 4 4 6 13 20 4 44
6 Atletico PR 27 12 8 7 33 31 13 7 5 1 20 11 14 5 3 6 13 20 2 44
7 Atlético Mineiro 27 10 10 7 34 30 13 5 4 4 19 15 14 5 6 3 15 15 4 40
8 América Mineiro 27 11 6 10 23 25 14 8 3 3 17 11 13 3 3 7 6 14 -2 39
9 Goiás 27 9 10 8 30 33 13 5 6 2 17 14 14 4 4 6 13 19 -3 37
10 Botafogo 27 9 7 11 27 30 14 4 4 6 12 12 13 5 3 5 15 18 -3 34
11 Santos 27 8 10 9 29 25 13 6 4 3 20 12 14 2 6 6 9 13 4 34
12 Bragantino 27 8 10 9 37 34 14 6 5 3 22 13 13 2 5 6 15 21 3 34
13 Sao Paulo 27 7 13 7 35 31 13 5 5 3 21 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 4 34
14 Fortaleza 27 8 7 12 25 29 13 3 6 4 9 9 14 5 1 8 16 20 -4 31
15 Ceara 27 6 13 8 26 28 14 3 6 5 13 16 13 3 7 3 13 12 -2 31
16 Coritiba 27 8 4 15 28 43 14 8 2 4 18 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -15 28
17 Avai 27 7 7 13 26 39 14 6 4 4 19 17 13 1 3 9 7 22 -13 28
18 Cuiabá 27 6 9 12 19 27 13 3 7 3 9 8 14 3 2 9 10 19 -8 27
19 Atletico GO 27 5 7 15 24 42 14 4 3 7 14 16 13 1 4 8 10 26 -18 22
20 Juventude 27 3 10 14 21 45 14 2 6 6 12 19 13 1 4 8 9 26 -24 19

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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.