A good game and three points is the only event that will satisfy the Internacional regulars in this Estádio José Pinheiro Borda duel with Cuiabá, seeing as they have a robust lead on the opposition in the Serie A standings.
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (17) in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This could be an interesting game with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Internacional form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 12 Serie A games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda for Internacional. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda.
The Internacional manager de Menezes and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Corinthians (placed 3rd). Patrick was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Corinthians after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The striker Alemão was named "man of the match" for Internacional with a rating of 8.1/10. Alemão scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match, Internacional won a home game hosting Juventude (4-0).The Internacional manager de Menezes has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 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 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cuiabá form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cuiabá so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Cuiabá the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Cuiabá delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sao Paulo (placed 14th) in their previous game. The attacker Luís got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Luís hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Santos.A bet on few goals? 7 league games in a row with this side have had two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cuiabá as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cuiabá have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Cuiabá - Internacional 1-1. Data for the prior five meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Internacional, three draws and one win for Cuiabá. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 6 goals |  A. Zurawski 6 goals |  E. Andrade dos Santos 5 goals |
Internacional missing players
Cuiabá missing players
| Internacional | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 40 | 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 92% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 52% | 75% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 24% | 42% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 8% | 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 52% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 16% | 8% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 42% | 40% |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.9 | 16.4 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 7.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 31% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.8 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
- Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cuiabá have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (17) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Serie A
- Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 more than double the goals of Cuiabá.
- Internacional have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Serie A
- Internacional have the most scored goals (27) at home in Serie A
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
- Internacional have won significantly more corners at 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 | Palmeiras | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 4 | Internacional | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 42 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Santos | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 32 |
| 11 | Goias | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 13 | Botafogo | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Ceara | 25 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | Avai | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 18 |
