Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Internacional and Grêmio meet at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's no vacation for neither Internacional nor Grêmio 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.
Grêmio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Internacional form and stats
Internacional was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Copa Libertadores.Internacional have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Copa Libertadores match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
T. Galhardo was the last player to score a league goal for Internacional and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Internacional haven't scored in 194 minutes.
The Internacional crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Grêmio here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in a Copa Libertadores match. Prior to that, an away loss at Fortaleza in the Serie A.
This is expected to be a close game, with Internacional perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Internacional as a small favourite), we find eight games. Internacional has won four of these, drawn two and lost two.
The Internacional manager E. Coudet has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. Internacional have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Grêmio form and stats
Grêmio was sent out of Copa Libertadores in the semi-finals last season, when Flamengo turned out to be too strong.The visitors are W1-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. When we have look at the Copa Libertadores statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Caxias game have they lost an away game, meaning Grêmio has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Grêmio play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Internacional. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Palmeiras.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Grêmio playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Grêmio wins, one draw and three defeats.
Grêmio find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Grêmio as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Internacional - Grêmio 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Internacional zero wins, four draws and Grêmio six victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), ten games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 8 goals |  J. Guerrero González 3 goals |  E. Aquino Cossa 2 goals |
Internacional missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Internacional | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 9 | ||
| 339 | 220 | Total Shots | T S | 135 | 340 | ||
| 122 | 86 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 109 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Grêmio | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | América de Cali | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Sport Recife | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Santos | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Ceará | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Grêmio | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Atlético GO | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Atletico PR | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Bragantino | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Botafogo | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 19 | Bahia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 20 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |