Which team will win when Fortaleza travel to Internacional? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant information and statistics necessary to make a prediction.
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Fortaleza when visiting Internacional as the cities are 4100 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional have collected 15 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-3-2.
In their previous game, the manager Coudet led his Internacional to a defeat away at Botafogo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda. Internacional's goalkeeper Rochet was extremely busy against Botafogo, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. Midfielder Maurício was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Maurício scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory hosting River Plate (after extra-time, 9-8 on penalties) in the Copa Libertadores. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Internacional have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Internacional are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Libertadores match at Bolivar awaits in three days.
Internacional has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 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 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
There's been little loot from Fortaleza's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Fortaleza only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Vojvoda, the Fortaleza manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The fans enjoyed Fortaleza's previous match versus Santos (placed 17th), a 4-0 win played at home. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league fixtures without winning. As mentioned above, Fortaleza was the only team on the pitch versus Santos in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Machuca, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Machuca scored one goal and hit five key passes.
Ahead of that, 1-1 at home hosting Libertad in the Copa Sudamericana. We have checked recent matches where Fortaleza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Take note: 10 of the latest 12 league matches involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Fortaleza have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Fortaleza - Internacional 1-1. Internacional-Fortaleza H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Internacional four wins, Fortaleza four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Magalhães Prado 3 goals |  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 3 goals |
Internacional missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Internacional | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 23 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 84% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 74% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 63% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 37% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 13.3 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.3 | 15.4 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 23% | 28% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 16% | 19% |
| 14.3 | 12.7 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.6 | 13.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Gremio | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Internacional | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Goias | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Bahia | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -22 | 10 |
