The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Internacional leading Goiás by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
- Internacional has the most clean sheets (11) in Serie A
- Goiás has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A
It's no vacation for neither Internacional nor Goiás as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Internacional form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 13 Serie A games here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda for Internacional. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Internacional has won four games in a row. The Atletico Mineiro match was the last time out without a victory. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda.
It's back home for Internacional, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ceará away with the result 2-0. Caio and Yuri Alberto found the net in that victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bahia with a 2-1 scoreline.
The Internacional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 13 league matches. Internacional have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Goiás form and stats
There's been little loot from Goiás's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 14 away games in the Serie A. Goiás only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.
Goiás play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Coritiba (placed 20th). Before that, Goiás secured a home win against Sport Recife with the score 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Atlético GO in just three days.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Goiás have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Goiás - Internacional 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Internacional, zero draws and five wins for Goiás. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Martiniano de Miranda 6 goals |  V. Lopes da Silva 5 goals |  J. Viana de Santana 4 goals |
Internacional missing players
Goiás missing players
| Internacional | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 43 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 79% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 39% | 54% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 64% | 54% |
| 18% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 18% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 46% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 71% | 61% |
| 39% | 46% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 7.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 34% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 34% |
- Goiás has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Internacional has the most clean sheets (11) in Serie A
- Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Serie A
- 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 at home.
| Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | |
| 6 | Felgueiras 1932 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 | |
| 7 | AR São Martinho | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 8 | Tirsense | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 14 | |
| 9 | Brito | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 10 | |
| 10 | Desportivo Aves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | |
| 11 | Camacha | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 | |
| 12 | Mondinense | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | -20 | 0 | |