It's advantage Internacional so far with their 2nd position in the Serie A table, welcoming Vasco da Gama who are placed 12th.
The hosts Internacional saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sport Recife.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Serie A, are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
A good away victory last time out for Internacional, who won 5-3 against Sport Recife (placed 10th). Before that, Internacional had a home game versus Atletico PR which ended with a victory 2-1.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Internacional as they are travelling to their away game against Universidad Catolica in the Copa Libertadores. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Internacional in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Internacional are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vasco da Gama so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Vasco's last three away games as they have all been lost. Recent form does not give Vasco da Gama much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Internacional will be a tough nut to crack.
Vasco da Gama's previous game was their home loss versus Flamengo (1-2). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bahia wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
A new game in only three days for Vasco, the Serie A home match versus Corinthians. Busy days.
Vasco find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. For Vasco da Gama, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Internacional won four, Vasco da Gama won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 13 goals |  G. Cano 7 goals |  F. Ignez Bastos 4 goals |
Internacional missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Internacional | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 21% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 14% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 44% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 186 | 87 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 66 | 137 |
| 71 | 36 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 37% | 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 38% |
- Internacional has the most clean sheets (7) in Serie A
- Internacional have not yet lost a game 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Internacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vasco da Gama haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Internacional | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Santos | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Sport Recife | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Gremio | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Ceara | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | Bahia | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Atletico PR | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 20 | Goias | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 9 |