Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Internacional welcomes Vasco da Gama

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Beira-Rio (51300 seats)

Internacional perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Vasco da Gama can look both up and down from their 11th position.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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.

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Internacional form and stats

Internacional have performed here at Estadio Beira-Rio this season with 9 wins from 13 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Internacional tasted defeat here at Estadio Beira-Rio, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games.

Internacional are returning here after visiting Avaí in a Serie A game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Santos.

Internacional goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba did an outstanding job against Avaí with 6 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Internacional matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from four games).

Internacional have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Beira-Rio with 20 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Internacional have conceded only 7 goals.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

Vasco da Gama have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-3-6 (12 played).

Vasco da Gama won their last game, 2-1 versus Botafogo played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Fortaleza.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Vasco da Gama playing away, we found five games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vasco da Gama as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Vasco da Gama have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Vasco da Gama - Internacional 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Internacional wins - draws - Vasco da Gama wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vasco da GamaMarrony
Marrony
5 goals
Vasco da GamaTiago Reis
Tiago Reis
4 goals
InternacionalN. López
N. López
3 goals

Internacional missing players

Vasco da Gama missing players

Internacional Vasco da Gama
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 3 12 26
12 9 1 Won W 0 3 9
6 4 1 Drew D 1 3 7
8 0 0 Lost L 2 6 10
31 20 4 Scored S 1 9 24
23 7 2 Conceded C 5 16 31
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 65%
35% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 38%
19% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
46% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 54%
38% 54% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 23%
27% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 31%
 
5.1 5.6 2 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 5.3 5.4
4.3 3.4 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 4.6 4.3
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.4 2.7
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Internacional have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 Vasco da Gama have scored away.
  • Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Internacional
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Gaucho 1 Serie A
All Home Away Home vs mid
29-09-19 SA Internacional 1 - 1 Palmeiras
06-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 1 Internacional
10-10-19 SA CSA 1 - 0 Internacional
13-10-19 SA Internacional 0 - 0 Santos
18-10-19 SA Avaí 0 - 2 Internacional
20-10-19 SA Internacional 21:00 Vasco da Gama
27-10-19 SA Bahia 00:00 Internacional
01-11-19 SA Internacional 01:30 Athletico PR
03-11-19 SA Gremio 22:00 Internacional
07-11-19 SA Ceara 23:30 Internacional
Vasco da Gama
All Carioca 1 Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away Away vs top
03-10-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 1 - 2 Vasco da Gama
05-10-19 SA Vasco da Gama 0 - 1 Santos
11-10-19 SA Avaí 0 - 0 Vasco da Gama
13-10-19 SA Vasco da Gama 1 - 0 Fortaleza
17-10-19 SA Vasco da Gama 2 - 1 Botafogo
20-10-19 SA Internacional 21:00 Vasco da Gama
26-10-19 SA Ceara 22:00 Vasco da Gama
31-10-19 SA Vasco da Gama 01:30 Gremio
02-11-19 SA Fluminense 23:00 Vasco da Gama
07-11-19 SA Vasco da Gama 01:30 Palmeiras

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 26 19 4 3 55 22 12 11 1 0 32 10 14 8 3 3 23 12 33 61
2 Palmeiras 26 15 8 3 41 20 13 10 3 0 28 6 13 5 5 3 13 14 21 53
3 Santos 26 15 6 5 38 24 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 6 3 4 10 12 14 51
4 Corinthians 27 11 11 5 30 20 14 8 5 1 18 9 13 3 6 4 12 11 10 44
5 São Paulo 26 11 10 5 26 17 13 6 6 1 17 8 13 5 4 4 9 9 9 43
6 Internacional 26 12 6 8 31 23 13 9 4 0 20 7 13 3 2 8 11 16 8 42
7 Gremio 27 11 8 8 44 30 13 7 3 3 26 16 14 4 5 5 18 14 14 41
8 Bahia 26 11 8 7 29 22 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 4 4 5 12 13 7 41
9 Athletico PR 26 11 5 10 37 28 12 7 1 4 16 9 14 4 4 6 21 19 9 38
10 Goiás 26 11 4 11 27 37 13 8 2 3 19 11 13 3 2 8 8 26 -10 37
11 Vasco da Gama 26 9 7 10 24 31 14 6 4 4 15 15 12 3 3 6 9 16 -7 34
12 Atlético Mineiro 26 9 5 12 32 37 13 6 2 5 20 19 13 3 3 7 12 18 -5 32
13 Fortaleza 27 9 4 14 30 37 14 7 1 6 16 13 13 2 3 8 14 24 -7 31
14 Botafogo 26 9 3 14 23 29 12 6 1 5 13 11 14 3 2 9 10 18 -6 30
15 Fluminense 26 8 5 13 28 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 12 3 2 7 13 23 -8 29
16 Cruzeiro 27 6 10 11 22 34 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 1 6 7 11 22 -12 28
17 Ceara 26 7 5 14 25 28 13 6 3 4 16 10 13 1 2 10 9 18 -3 26
18 CSA 26 6 8 12 17 37 14 5 5 4 13 15 12 1 3 8 4 22 -20 26
19 Avaí 26 3 8 15 13 39 13 1 7 5 6 15 13 2 1 10 7 24 -26 17
20 Chapecoense 26 3 7 16 19 40 13 2 4 7 10 15 13 1 3 9 9 25 -21 16

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