Here's everything you must learn, and a little bit more, before the Internacional - São Paulo game!
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for São Paulo, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
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
4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Internacional have to build on here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in the Serie A.
Internacional haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 342 minutes ago. Mauricio scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sergio Rochet Alvarez not having conceded a league goal in 257 minutes.
Internacional shared the glory with Goias in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Rochet was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.61 out of ten. Rochet topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win ahead of that match, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Bolivar and won 2-0. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Internacional have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Internacional have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
São Paulo form and stats
São Paulo have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-5-5 (10 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
The regulars enjoyed São Paulo's previous fixture versus LDU Quito, a Copa Sudamericana win (1-0) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting America Mineiro's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with São Paulo playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 São Paulo win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paulo manager Júnior as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Flamengo.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting São Paulo as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Paulo have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Internacional and São Paulo have met before this season: São Paulo - Internacional 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Internacional victories, two draws and four São Paulo wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 6 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 4 goals |   M. Magalhães Prado 3 goals |
Internacional missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Internacional | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 25 |
| 24 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 77% | 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 64% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 32% | 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 14% | 10% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 41% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 52% |
| 36% | 40% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 45% | 40% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 13.9 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13.1 | 15 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 21% | 24% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 18% | 24% |
| 13.5 | 12.2 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.6 | 13.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
- São Paulo have yet to win a game 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Gremio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Internacional | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Goias | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Bahia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
