The Internacional & Flamengo managers E. Coudet and D. Torrent Font are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie A league table.
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 Flamengo.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Internacional form and stats
Home games in the Serie A have been a walk in the park for Internacional so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Internacional tasted defeat here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Internacional are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Internacional are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Universidad Catolica. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Vasco da Gama.
There will be little rest for Internacional after this match as they are travelling to Atletico GO for a Copa do Brasil game in only three days.
The Internacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Internacional have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Flamengo form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (19) away in Serie A, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Serie A. Flamengo has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing from Thuler, Bruno Henrique and Lincoln secured the home win 3-1 against Junior in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away Serie A victory against Corinthians with the score of 5-1.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa do Brasil trip to Athletico PR.
Flamengo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. 12 goals have been conceded by Flamengo in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Internacional four wins, one draw and Flamengo five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 14 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 8 goals |  G. Barbosa Almeida 5 goals |
Internacional missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Internacional | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 82% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 65% |
| 47% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 198 | 99 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 106 | 251 |
| 78 | 43 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 48 | 102 |
| 36% | 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | 29% |
- Flamengo has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie A
- Flamengo has the most points (19) away in Serie A
- Flamengo has the most scored goals (17) away in Serie A
- Flamengo has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Serie A
- Flamengo has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Serie A
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Flamengo is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Internacional has the most clean sheets (8) in Serie A
- Internacional has the the best goal difference (+15) in Serie A
- Internacional have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- Internacional have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Internacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Santos | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Grêmio | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Sport Recife | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Ceara | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Athletico PR | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 11 |