Serie A preview: Can Internacional edge out victory against Santos?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

This is it, this is Serie A and this is Internacional - Santos. Read our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Internacional nor Santos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

These teams have little in common geographically as Santos have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Internacional form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Internacional at their home stadium (Estádio José Pinheiro Borda) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Internacional to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Internacional will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Fluminense (placed 7th). Rodrigo Dourado (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Dourado had 76 successful passes (of 82 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Flamengo (1-2).

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 eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.

Internacional have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda with 27 goals in 17 league matches. Internacional's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Santos form and stats

There's been little loot from Santos's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the Serie A. Santos only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws.

Marcos Leonardo (2) scored in Santos's previous match, the home game against Fortaleza that ended 2-0. Attacker Marcos Leonardo got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Leonardo scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Santos manager F. Carille faced defeat when travelling to Corinthians and losing 0-2.

Santos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, seven draws and seven defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santos as they have only managed to score 12 times from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santos have conceded 25 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Santos - Internacional 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Internacional four wins, four draws and Santos two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalE. Andrade dos Santos
E. Andrade dos Santos
11 goals
InternacionalY. Monteiro da Silva
Y. Monteiro da Silva
11 goals
SantosM. Santos Costa
M. Santos Costa
6 goals

Internacional missing players

Santos missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Internacional Santos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
12 8 3 Won W 1 2 11
11 5 2 Drew D 1 7 12
12 4 0 Lost L 3 8 12
42 27 10 Scored S 2 12 32
38 19 5 Conceded C 5 25 38
89% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 80%
57% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 66%
40% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 41% 31%
23% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 20%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
49% 59% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 41% 29%
31% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 46%
31% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 46%
 
5.1 5.6 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 4.7 5.1
5 4.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 6.1 4.8
2.7 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.5
11 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 13.2 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 11.4 12.5
4.4 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.1 3.5
27% 34% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 23% 26%
 
12.7 11.6 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 14.1 12.8
4.6 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Internacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
  • Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 34 23 6 5 55 24 17 15 1 1 36 9 17 8 5 4 19 15 31 75
2 Flamengo 34 20 7 7 66 31 17 12 1 4 29 13 17 8 6 3 37 18 35 67
3 Palmeiras 35 18 5 12 54 42 18 10 3 5 32 26 17 8 2 7 22 16 12 59
4 Corinthians 35 14 11 10 38 34 17 9 4 4 24 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 4 53
5 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
6 Bragantino 34 13 13 8 50 40 17 6 8 3 26 19 17 7 5 5 24 21 10 52
7 Fluminense 35 14 9 12 34 34 18 10 5 3 21 14 17 4 4 9 13 20 0 51
8 Ceara 35 11 16 8 38 35 18 10 6 2 24 14 17 1 10 6 14 21 3 49
9 Internacional 35 12 11 12 42 38 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 47
10 America Mineiro 34 11 12 11 35 36 17 7 6 4 17 11 17 4 6 7 18 25 -1 45
11 Santos 35 11 12 12 32 38 18 9 5 4 20 13 17 2 7 8 12 25 -6 45
12 Cuiaba 34 9 16 9 31 32 17 6 6 5 16 17 17 3 10 4 15 15 -1 43
13 Athletico PR 34 12 6 16 39 43 17 7 4 6 22 21 17 5 2 10 17 22 -4 42
14 Sao Paulo 34 9 15 10 26 33 17 5 9 3 13 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -7 42
15 Atletico GO 34 9 14 11 26 34 17 4 10 3 13 13 17 5 4 8 13 21 -8 41
16 Juventude 34 9 13 12 33 40 17 7 6 4 17 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -7 40
17 Bahia 33 9 10 14 33 43 16 6 5 5 20 18 17 3 5 9 13 25 -10 37
18 Gremio 34 10 6 18 35 44 17 6 6 5 22 18 17 4 0 13 13 26 -9 36
19 Sport Recife 34 8 9 17 21 33 17 5 5 7 11 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -12 33
20 Chapecoense 34 1 12 21 27 59 17 0 6 11 13 30 17 1 6 10 14 29 -32 15

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 Atletico Mineiro 34 23 6 5 55 24 17 15 1 1 36 9 17 8 5 4 19 15 31 75
2 Flamengo 34 20 7 7 66 31 17 12 1 4 29 13 17 8 6 3 37 18 35 67
3 Palmeiras 35 18 5 12 54 42 18 10 3 5 32 26 17 8 2 7 22 16 12 59
4 Corinthians 35 14 11 10 38 34 17 9 4 4 24 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 4 53
5 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
6 Bragantino 34 13 13 8 50 40 17 6 8 3 26 19 17 7 5 5 24 21 10 52
7 Fluminense 35 14 9 12 34 34 18 10 5 3 21 14 17 4 4 9 13 20 0 51
8 Ceara 35 11 16 8 38 35 18 10 6 2 24 14 17 1 10 6 14 21 3 49
9 Internacional 35 12 11 12 42 38 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 47
10 America Mineiro 34 11 12 11 35 36 17 7 6 4 17 11 17 4 6 7 18 25 -1 45
11 Santos 35 11 12 12 32 38 18 9 5 4 20 13 17 2 7 8 12 25 -6 45
12 Cuiaba 34 9 16 9 31 32 17 6 6 5 16 17 17 3 10 4 15 15 -1 43
13 Athletico PR 34 12 6 16 39 43 17 7 4 6 22 21 17 5 2 10 17 22 -4 42
14 Sao Paulo 34 9 15 10 26 33 17 5 9 3 13 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -7 42
15 Atletico GO 34 9 14 11 26 34 17 4 10 3 13 13 17 5 4 8 13 21 -8 41
16 Juventude 34 9 13 12 33 40 17 7 6 4 17 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -7 40
17 Bahia 33 9 10 14 33 43 16 6 5 5 20 18 17 3 5 9 13 25 -10 37
18 Gremio 34 10 6 18 35 44 17 6 6 5 22 18 17 4 0 13 13 26 -9 36
19 Sport Recife 34 8 9 17 21 33 17 5 5 7 11 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -12 33
20 Chapecoense 34 1 12 21 27 59 17 0 6 11 13 30 17 1 6 10 14 29 -32 15

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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.