Early sportsbook lines suggest Internacional superiority when facing Ceará

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 27.October
Match begins: 00:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

Serie A: High-level versus below average, at least according to the table. Internacional - Ceará. Home win or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Internacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ceará have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Serie A

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ceará, who are travelling more than 4100 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Internacional nor Ceará as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Internacional form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda as Internacional have scored 33 goals to get 35 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 10-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

The home team returns to Estádio José Pinheiro Borda after drawing with Coritiba (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Vitão got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Vitão scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Botafogo and winning 1-0.

The Internacional manager de Menezes has got the team scoring with 33 from 16 home games in the league. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 13 goals.

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Ceará form and stats

The visitors are W3-D8-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Ceará are travelling again after losing away to Atlético GO in their previous match (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfield player Paraíba was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Paraíba hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Cuiabá.

Lacking goals? 11 of this side's last 13 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ceará as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Ceará as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Internacional have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Ceará.

The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Ceará - Internacional 1-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

CearáJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
10 goals
InternacionalA. Zurawski
A. Zurawski
7 goals
InternacionalW. Maciel Sousa Campos
W. Maciel Sousa Campos
6 goals

Internacional missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Internacional Ceará
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 16 33
16 10 4 Won W 1 3 6
13 5 2 Drew D 1 8 16
4 1 0 Lost L 2 5 11
50 33 13 Scored S 5 13 29
29 13 3 Conceded C 6 14 34
88% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 85%
70% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 61%
45% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 19% 27%
21% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 15%
9% 19% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 3%
48% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 55%
45% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 24%
18% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 36%
 
5.2 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 5.1 5.2
5.6 4.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 5.6
2.4 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 4.1 3.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 9
 
14 16.1 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.8 13.7
5.1 6.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.7
30% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 18% 19%
 
12.7 11.4 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.6 14
4.1 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Ceará have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Serie A
  • 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceará have scored away.

  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 33 20 11 2 56 21 17 11 4 2 33 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 35 71
2 Internacional 33 16 13 4 50 29 16 10 5 1 33 13 17 6 8 3 17 16 21 61
3 Flamengo 33 17 7 9 53 30 16 10 3 3 32 9 17 7 4 6 21 21 23 58
4 Corinthians 32 16 9 7 39 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 16 5 5 6 16 22 9 57
5 Fluminense 33 16 7 10 53 40 17 10 3 4 33 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 55
6 Athletico PR 33 14 9 10 40 40 16 9 6 1 24 12 17 5 3 9 16 28 0 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 São Paulo 33 11 14 8 46 35 16 7 5 4 28 17 17 4 9 4 18 18 11 47
9 América Mineiro 33 13 6 14 31 34 17 8 3 6 20 17 16 5 3 8 11 17 -3 45
10 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
11 Botafogo 33 12 8 13 34 37 16 4 4 8 13 16 17 8 4 5 21 21 -3 44
12 Santos 33 11 10 12 38 30 17 8 4 5 27 16 16 3 6 7 11 14 8 43
13 Bragantino 33 10 11 12 45 45 17 8 5 4 28 18 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 41
14 Goiás 32 10 11 11 35 41 15 5 6 4 17 16 17 5 5 7 18 25 -6 41
15 Coritiba 33 10 5 18 33 53 17 10 3 4 22 14 16 0 2 14 11 39 -20 35
16 Ceará 33 6 16 11 29 34 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 3 8 5 13 14 -5 34
17 Atlético GO 33 8 9 16 33 49 17 6 4 7 19 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -16 33
18 Cuiabá 33 7 10 16 25 37 16 4 7 5 13 13 17 3 3 11 12 24 -12 31
19 Avaí 33 7 7 19 28 55 17 6 4 7 21 24 16 1 3 12 7 31 -27 28
20 Juventude 33 3 12 18 26 60 17 2 8 7 16 24 16 1 4 11 10 36 -34 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 33 20 11 2 56 21 17 11 4 2 33 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 35 71
2 Internacional 33 16 13 4 50 29 16 10 5 1 33 13 17 6 8 3 17 16 21 61
3 Flamengo 33 17 7 9 53 30 16 10 3 3 32 9 17 7 4 6 21 21 23 58
4 Corinthians 32 16 9 7 39 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 16 5 5 6 16 22 9 57
5 Fluminense 33 16 7 10 53 40 17 10 3 4 33 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 55
6 Athletico PR 33 14 9 10 40 40 16 9 6 1 24 12 17 5 3 9 16 28 0 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 São Paulo 33 11 14 8 46 35 16 7 5 4 28 17 17 4 9 4 18 18 11 47
9 América Mineiro 33 13 6 14 31 34 17 8 3 6 20 17 16 5 3 8 11 17 -3 45
10 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
11 Botafogo 33 12 8 13 34 37 16 4 4 8 13 16 17 8 4 5 21 21 -3 44
12 Santos 33 11 10 12 38 30 17 8 4 5 27 16 16 3 6 7 11 14 8 43
13 Bragantino 33 10 11 12 45 45 17 8 5 4 28 18 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 41
14 Goiás 32 10 11 11 35 41 15 5 6 4 17 16 17 5 5 7 18 25 -6 41
15 Coritiba 33 10 5 18 33 53 17 10 3 4 22 14 16 0 2 14 11 39 -20 35
16 Ceará 33 6 16 11 29 34 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 3 8 5 13 14 -5 34
17 Atlético GO 33 8 9 16 33 49 17 6 4 7 19 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -16 33
18 Cuiabá 33 7 10 16 25 37 16 4 7 5 13 13 17 3 3 11 12 24 -12 31
19 Avaí 33 7 7 19 28 55 17 6 4 7 21 24 16 1 3 12 7 31 -27 28
20 Juventude 33 3 12 18 26 60 17 2 8 7 16 24 16 1 4 11 10 36 -34 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.