Internacional have performed good football so far, being 4th position in the table. São Paulo have a view both ways from their 9th spot.
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for São Paulo, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
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 São Paulo.
Internacional form and stats
4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Internacional so far this season.
The Internacional goalkeeper Daniel de Sousa Brito is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 251 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
The home team returns to Estádio José Pinheiro Borda after drawing with Athletico PR (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Daniel got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.13 out of ten. Daniel topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting America Mineiro in a game that was won 1-0.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 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Internacional after this match as they are travelling to Palmeiras for a Serie A game in only four days.
The Internacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches.
São Paulo form and stats
São Paulo have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-6-2 (9 played).
There were no winners in São Paulo's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Fluminense (placed 5th). The attacker Luciano got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Luciano scored one goal and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by São Paulo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for São Paulo, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 16 league games.
After this away game Paulo return home for a Serie A game against Goiás. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting São Paulo as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Paulo in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Internacional four wins, three draws and São Paulo three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 9 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 6 goals |   T. Barcellos Freda 3 goals |
Internacional missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Internacional | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 88% |
| 76% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 76% |
| 35% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 18% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 71% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 18% |
| 5.6 | 7.4 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 15.9 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.4 | 13.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 27% | 28% |
| 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13.1 | 11.7 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have won significantly more corners at 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Internacional | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Avai | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Goiás | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Ceara | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Juventude | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
