Independiente Medellín have traveled here for an interesting Copa Libertadores fight against Internacional. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
The hosts Internacional saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Serie A. That game was an away game at America Mineiro, so at least Internacional are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Internacional form and stats
Internacional have collected 12 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-0-1.
It's back home for Internacional, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating America Mineiro away with the result 2-1. Dias and Alemão found the net in that victory. The victory against America Mineiro came after Alemão's winning goal. The Internacional manager de Menezes was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 77th minute. Midfield player Dias got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Dias scored one goal and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Coritiba.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cruzeiro are coming to town in three days.
Internacional has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 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 5 matches.
Independiente Medellín form and stats
Two away games in a row for Independiente, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Millonarios. Alvarado got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Alvarado had 59 successful passes (of 66 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting America de Cali before that.Head 2 Head
The most up to date archived history featuring both these sides is the Independiente Medellín - Internacional 1-1 played previously this season. Head to head totals (for the former three meetings): Internacional won two games, one match ended with a tie and Independiente Medellín got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |  J. de Souza Cardoso 2 goals |  M. Magalhães Prado 2 goals |
Internacional missing players
Independiente Medellín missing players
| Internacional | Independiente Medellín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 14 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Internacional | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Nacional | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Gremio | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Internacional | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
