Internacional vs Corinthians: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

The home team ticketholders bank on a win in this game, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a stumbling visitor. Internacional are in 12th spot while the guesting Corinthians lose sleep at 14th.

Insights:
  • Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Corinthians have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's quite the trip for Corinthians when visiting Internacional as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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 Internacional and Corinthians.

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Internacional form and stats

4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Internacional so far this season.

The followers are hoping that Internacional will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against River Plate.

Preceding that match was the home Serie A game against Cuiaba that was lost 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Internacional handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Internacional, as the Copa Libertadores home game vs River Plate is only three days away.

Internacional have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Corinthians form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Corinthians so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

The club members enjoyed Corinthians's previous match versus Newell's Old Boys, a Copa Sudamericana win (2-1) played at home.

Before that, Corinthians secured a home win against Vasco da Gama with the score 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Corinthians have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Low on goals? 10 of this club's most recent 11 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa Sudamericana trip to Newell's Old Boys.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Corinthians have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Internacional have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (0-5-0) when facing Corinthians.

Top Goalscorers

CorinthiansR. Krug Guedes
R. Krug Guedes
7 goals
InternacionalW. Maciel Sousa Campos
W. Maciel Sousa Campos
3 goals
CorinthiansY. Monteiro da Silva
Y. Monteiro da Silva
3 goals

Internacional missing players

Corinthians missing players

Internacional Corinthians
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 9 16
6 4 3 Won W 1 2 5
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 6 7
14 8 5 Scored S 1 5 15
18 6 1 Conceded C 1 12 18
82% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
71% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 69%
29% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 44%
35% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 25%
41% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 38%
 
4.7 5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.4 4.8
5.8 5.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.6 5.8
2.7 2.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 13.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.8 11.9
3.8 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 3.9
22% 25% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 24%
 
14.4 13.1 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 25.5 18.1 16.3
4.4 4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.7 4.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Corinthians have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Botafogo 17 14 1 2 32 10 9 9 0 0 20 2 8 5 1 2 12 8 22 43
2 Flamengo 17 9 4 4 30 20 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 31
3 Palmeiras 17 8 7 2 32 15 8 5 2 1 16 8 9 3 5 1 16 7 17 31
4 Gremio 16 9 3 4 26 21 9 6 2 1 18 9 7 3 1 3 8 12 5 30
5 Fluminense 17 8 4 5 22 16 9 6 3 0 13 4 8 2 1 5 9 12 6 28
6 Bragantino 17 7 7 3 25 16 9 5 3 1 14 6 8 2 4 2 11 10 9 28
7 Athletico PR 17 8 3 6 25 21 9 6 2 1 17 10 8 2 1 5 8 11 4 27
8 Sao Paulo 17 7 5 5 23 16 9 7 1 1 18 7 8 0 4 4 5 9 7 26
9 Cuiaba 17 7 4 6 18 19 8 2 3 3 9 11 9 5 1 3 9 8 -1 25
10 Cruzeiro 17 6 5 6 19 15 9 3 1 5 4 7 8 3 4 1 15 8 4 23
11 Fortaleza 17 6 5 6 17 18 9 4 3 2 10 8 8 2 2 4 7 10 -1 23
12 Internacional 17 6 5 6 14 18 8 4 2 2 8 6 9 2 3 4 6 12 -4 23
13 Atletico Mineiro 17 5 6 6 19 17 8 2 3 3 10 10 9 3 3 3 9 7 2 21
14 Corinthians 16 5 4 7 15 18 7 3 3 1 10 6 9 2 1 6 5 12 -3 19
15 Santos 17 4 5 8 18 26 9 3 4 2 15 13 8 1 1 6 3 13 -8 17
16 Goiás 17 4 4 9 16 27 8 2 3 3 9 13 9 2 1 6 7 14 -11 16
17 Bahia 17 3 6 8 15 23 8 2 3 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 4 12 -8 15
18 Coritiba 17 3 5 9 17 32 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 1 2 6 9 23 -15 14
19 America Mineiro 16 2 4 10 18 37 8 2 1 5 9 18 8 0 3 5 9 19 -19 10
20 Vasco da Gama 16 2 3 11 12 28 8 1 1 6 4 12 8 1 2 5 8 16 -16 9

Read more about Serie A

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.