This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, loss and gain leading to mid-table spots so far. Clear the decks for Internacional - Cuiabá!
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie A
- Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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 looks to be an absorbing match with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Internacional form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Serie A games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda for Internacional. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Two draws in a row at home now for Internacional.
Alemão was the last player to score a league goal for Internacional and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Internacional haven't scored in 365 minutes. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sergio Rochet Alvarez not having conceded a league goal in 230 minutes.
The Internacional coach de Menezes and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Bragantino (placed 8th). Goalkeeper Rochet got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.71 out of ten. Rochet topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Internacional hosted Palmeiras and drew the game 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Internacional handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 14 league matches, 11 have seen zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Internacional after this match as they are travelling to River Plate for a Copa Libertadores game in only three days.
Internacional have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cuiabá form and stats
4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cuiabá in their Serie A matches away.
Cuiabá had fun at their own home (Estádio José Pinheiro Borda) last time out, beating Sao Paulo 2-1. Pitta and Clayson scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager de Oliveira when Pitta scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute. Raniele got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Raniele hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Cuiabá won their away game at Fortaleza. The scoreline was 1-0.Cuiabá are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's latest 11 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Cuiabá as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Internacional-Cuiabá H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Internacional two wins, Cuiabá one win, three draws. one of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Brum Silva Acosta 6 goals |   W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |  J. de Souza Cardoso 2 goals |
Internacional missing players
Cuiabá missing players
| Internacional | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 81% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 69% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 25% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 24% |
| 14.5 | 13.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 14.9 | 11.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie A
- Internacional have the most matches under the total-line (12) 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 | Botafogo | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Gremio | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Internacional | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 12 | Cuiabá | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Atletico Mineiro | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 14 | Santos | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Goias | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Bahia | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 11 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
