Vasco da Gama vs Internacional: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (25000 seats)

The visiting Internacional side should be favourites in this visit to Vasco da Gama, as the away team holds a 29 point advantage from their 35 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Internacional has the the best goal difference (+25) in Serie A

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 Vasco da Gama and Internacional.

It's quite the trip for Internacional when visiting Vasco as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

Relegation threatens Vasco da Gama who should definitely be looking for some points here. Internacional are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Vasco da Gama form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Vasco da Gama at their home stadium (Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Vasco da Gama are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 325 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Benitez).

No payout for Vasco in their previous match, an away game at Fortaleza that ended in defeat 0-3. Heartbreak before that as Vasco da Gama lost 0-2 at Flamengo's place.

Vasco has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Internacional form and stats

Playing away, Internacional, who have the the best goal difference (+25) in Serie A, have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season.

The manager A. da Silva Braga was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Estádio José Pinheiro Borda. Internacional suffered a 1-2 loss to Sport Recife (placed 14th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Athletico PR that ended 0-0.

Internacional are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Internacional as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Internacional - Vasco da Gama 2-0 earlier this season. Vasco-Internacional H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vasco da Gama three wins, Internacional five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalT. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
16 goals
VascoG. Cano
G. Cano
14 goals
InternacionalY. Monteiro da Silva
Y. Monteiro da Silva
10 goals

Vasco da Gama missing players

Internacional missing players

Vasco da Gama Internacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
9 6 2 Won W 4 7 19
10 5 2 Drew D 0 5 9
16 6 1 Lost L 2 5 7
34 18 7 Scored S 10 24 58
52 17 6 Conceded C 6 16 33
89% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
74% 59% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 65% 77%
49% 41% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 46%
20% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 20%
14% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 9%
46% 47% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 41% 51%
29% 41% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 37%
37% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.4
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
10.5 11.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.6 11.9
3.6 3.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.4 4.4
27% 27% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 38%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Internacional has the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most matches over the total-line (21) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the the best goal difference (+25) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Internacional 35 19 9 7 58 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 17 7 5 5 24 16 25 66
2 Flamengo 35 19 8 8 63 44 17 9 4 4 31 21 18 10 4 4 32 23 19 65
3 Atlético Mineiro 35 18 7 10 58 42 17 13 3 1 38 12 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 61
4 São Paulo 34 16 11 7 54 37 17 9 6 2 26 14 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 59
5 Fluminense 35 16 9 10 49 40 18 10 5 3 29 14 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 57
6 Grêmio 35 13 17 5 51 37 17 9 6 2 32 21 18 4 11 3 19 16 14 56
7 Palmeiras 33 14 11 8 46 32 17 8 7 2 29 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 53
8 Corinthians 34 13 10 11 44 42 18 8 6 4 29 23 16 5 4 7 15 19 2 49
9 Bragantino 35 12 12 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 17 3 7 7 16 21 9 48
10 Athletico PR 35 13 8 14 34 34 17 7 5 5 16 12 18 6 3 9 18 22 0 47
11 Santos 34 12 11 11 48 48 16 7 6 3 31 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 0 47
12 Ceara 35 12 10 13 49 47 17 6 5 6 19 21 18 6 5 7 30 26 2 46
13 Atlético GO 35 11 13 11 35 41 18 5 9 4 21 20 17 6 4 7 14 21 -6 46
14 Sport Recife 35 12 5 18 29 45 17 8 1 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 41
15 Fortaleza 35 10 11 14 34 35 18 8 6 4 20 11 17 2 5 10 14 24 -1 41
16 Bahia 35 10 7 18 41 58 18 8 2 8 25 26 17 2 5 10 16 32 -17 37
17 Vasco da Gama 35 9 10 16 34 52 17 6 5 6 18 17 18 3 5 10 16 35 -18 37
18 Goias 35 8 9 18 37 60 17 5 4 8 17 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -23 33
19 Coritiba 34 6 10 18 29 47 17 3 6 8 12 17 17 3 4 10 17 30 -18 28
20 Botafogo 35 4 12 19 30 58 18 2 5 11 15 30 17 2 7 8 15 28 -28 24

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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.