Internacional are positioned 2nd, while Goiás are lingering 16 points behind in the league table. Can they cut the gap?
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Serie A
- Internacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Goiás have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Internacional form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda as Internacional have scored 29 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 9-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Internacional goalkeeper Keiller da Silva Nunes is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 296 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Internacional travelled for their previous game, a trip to Flamengo that ended 0-0. Internacional's goalie Keiller played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Flamengo with a stunning six saves. The goalie Keiller was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.43 out of ten. Keiller topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Internacional had a home game versus Santos which ended with a victory 1-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Internacional home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The Internacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Internacional have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Goiás form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Goiás, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Goiás has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ceará for a 1-1 draw. As mentioned above, Goiás drew the match against Ceará. Manager Ventura brought on Nicolas to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Vinicius got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Vinicius hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Fortaleza before that.Few goals? 5 league games in a row with this side have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 20 goals have been conceded by Goiás in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Goiás - Internacional 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Internacional wins - draws - Goiás wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Garay da Silva 15 goals |  A. Zurawski 7 goals |  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 6 goals |
Internacional missing players
Goiás missing players
| Internacional | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 44 | 29 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 87% | 87% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 63% |
| 47% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 37% |
| 20% | 33% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 7% | 13% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 47% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 57% |
| 47% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 13% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 15.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.7 | 11.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 29% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 12.6 | 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 20.1 | 18.3 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
- Goiás have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Goiás have won significantly less corners away then 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 at home.
- Internacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Goiás have scored away.
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (25) 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 | Palmeiras | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 63 |
| 2 | Internacional | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 51 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 51 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 48 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 42 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | Goiás | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 38 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Santos | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 15 | Ceará | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 32 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -14 | 31 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Avai | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 28 |
| 20 | Juventude | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -30 | 20 |
