Soccer betting preview: Internacional welcomes Grêmio in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Internacional - Grêmio!

Insights:
  • Internacional has the most scored goals (53) in Serie A
  • Grêmio has the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie A

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 Grêmio.

Grêmio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Internacional form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 15 Serie A games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda for Internacional. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of seven straight victories regardless of arena. Internacional has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda. We remember; it was Fluminense.

A strong away win for Internacional against Sao Paulo the last match, as Caio Vidal, Víctor Cuesta and Yuri Alberto (3) were on target. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Fortaleza.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Internacional played a great game against Sao Paulo and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Yuri Alberto when beating Sao Paulo, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

This is expected to be a close game, with Internacional perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Internacional as a small favourite), we find eight games. Internacional has won four of these, drawn two and lost two.

The Internacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 13 goals.

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Grêmio form and stats

3 wins, 10 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Grêmio, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie A, playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Things are running smoothly for Grêmio who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Santos. Grêmio are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Grêmio played 1-1 against Atlético Mineiro in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Palmeiras.

The draw against Atlético Mineiro came from a losing position. The Grêmio manager R. Portaluppi brought on Éverton Cardoso as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Grêmio in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Grêmio, one draw and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Grêmio, the Serie A home match versus Flamengo. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grêmio as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Grêmio as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Grêmio - Internacional 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Internacional victories, five draws and five Grêmio wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, ten matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalT. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
16 goals
GrêmioD. de Souza Andrade
D. de Souza Andrade
9 goals

Internacional missing players

Grêmio missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Internacional Grêmio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
17 10 2 Won W 0 3 12
8 4 2 Drew D 3 10 15
6 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
53 29 6 Scored S 3 12 39
29 13 3 Conceded C 5 11 25
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 67% 80%
77% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 73%
42% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 20% 40%
23% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 7% 13%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
48% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 67%
39% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 47% 33%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.1 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
11.8 11.7 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.7 14.3
4.5 4.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.5
38% 43% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 21% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Grêmio has the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Serie A
  • Grêmio has the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie A
  • Grêmio has the most clean sheets (7) away in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most scored goals (53) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the the best goal difference (+24) in Serie A
  • 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 Grêmio have scored away.
  • Internacional have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Internacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Internacional is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 31 17 8 6 53 29 15 10 4 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 24 16 24 59
2 Sao Paulo 31 16 9 6 51 33 15 9 4 2 24 12 16 7 5 4 27 21 18 57
3 Flamengo 30 16 7 7 52 39 16 8 4 4 29 21 14 8 3 3 23 18 13 55
4 Atlético Mineiro 30 16 6 8 52 38 15 11 3 1 34 12 15 5 3 7 18 26 14 54
5 Palmeiras 30 14 9 7 43 28 15 8 5 2 27 13 15 6 4 5 16 15 15 51
6 Grêmio 30 12 15 3 39 25 15 9 5 1 27 14 15 3 10 2 12 11 14 51
7 Fluminense 31 13 8 10 43 40 15 8 4 3 24 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 3 47
8 Corinthians 30 12 9 9 38 34 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 14 17 4 45
9 Santos 30 12 9 9 41 38 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 5 3 7 13 20 3 45
10 Ceará 31 11 9 11 45 41 15 5 5 5 17 18 16 6 4 6 28 23 4 42
11 Bragantino 31 10 11 10 43 37 16 8 4 4 30 18 15 2 7 6 13 19 6 41
12 Athletico PR 31 11 6 14 27 30 15 6 4 5 14 11 16 5 2 9 13 19 -3 39
13 Atlético GO 31 9 12 10 30 37 15 3 8 4 16 18 16 6 4 6 14 19 -7 39
14 Fortaleza 31 8 11 12 28 30 16 6 6 4 14 10 15 2 5 8 14 20 -2 35
15 Bahia 30 9 5 16 36 51 15 7 1 7 20 21 15 2 4 9 16 30 -15 32
16 Sport Recife 31 9 5 17 24 41 15 7 1 7 15 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -17 32
17 Vasco da Gama 30 8 8 14 30 44 15 5 4 6 15 15 15 3 4 8 15 29 -14 32
18 Coritiba 31 6 8 17 26 42 16 3 5 8 11 16 15 3 3 9 15 26 -16 26
19 Goiás 31 6 8 17 29 51 16 4 4 8 16 28 15 2 4 9 13 23 -22 26
20 Botafogo 31 4 11 16 27 49 16 2 5 9 13 24 15 2 6 7 14 25 -22 23

Table
  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 31 17 8 6 53 29 15 10 4 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 24 16 24 59
2 Sao Paulo 31 16 9 6 51 33 15 9 4 2 24 12 16 7 5 4 27 21 18 57
3 Flamengo 30 16 7 7 52 39 16 8 4 4 29 21 14 8 3 3 23 18 13 55
4 Atlético Mineiro 30 16 6 8 52 38 15 11 3 1 34 12 15 5 3 7 18 26 14 54
5 Palmeiras 30 14 9 7 43 28 15 8 5 2 27 13 15 6 4 5 16 15 15 51
6 Grêmio 30 12 15 3 39 25 15 9 5 1 27 14 15 3 10 2 12 11 14 51
7 Fluminense 31 13 8 10 43 40 15 8 4 3 24 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 3 47
8 Corinthians 30 12 9 9 38 34 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 14 17 4 45
9 Santos 30 12 9 9 41 38 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 5 3 7 13 20 3 45
10 Ceará 31 11 9 11 45 41 15 5 5 5 17 18 16 6 4 6 28 23 4 42
11 Bragantino 31 10 11 10 43 37 16 8 4 4 30 18 15 2 7 6 13 19 6 41
12 Athletico PR 31 11 6 14 27 30 15 6 4 5 14 11 16 5 2 9 13 19 -3 39
13 Atlético GO 31 9 12 10 30 37 15 3 8 4 16 18 16 6 4 6 14 19 -7 39
14 Fortaleza 31 8 11 12 28 30 16 6 6 4 14 10 15 2 5 8 14 20 -2 35
15 Bahia 30 9 5 16 36 51 15 7 1 7 20 21 15 2 4 9 16 30 -15 32
16 Sport Recife 31 9 5 17 24 41 15 7 1 7 15 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -17 32
17 Vasco da Gama 30 8 8 14 30 44 15 5 4 6 15 15 15 3 4 8 15 29 -14 32
18 Coritiba 31 6 8 17 26 42 16 3 5 8 11 16 15 3 3 9 15 26 -16 26
19 Goiás 31 6 8 17 29 51 16 4 4 8 16 28 15 2 4 9 13 23 -22 26
20 Botafogo 31 4 11 16 27 49 16 2 5 9 13 24 15 2 6 7 14 25 -22 23

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.