Copa Libertadores betting and spectator preview: Internacional and Nacional meet at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Nacional have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Internacional nor Nacional 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.
Internacional form and stats
Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Internacional 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Internacional's last game was hosting Goias and winning 1-0. Renê was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.03 out of 10. The defender Renê hit two key passes and won 10 of 11 duels.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against CSA (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) in the Copa do Brasil.
Internacional are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Sao Paulo awaits in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Internacional's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.
Nacional form and stats
Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the group stage.Nacional have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
The Nacional goalkeeper Sergio Rochet Alvarez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 360 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nacional won their last game, 3-0 versus La Luz played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Wanderers.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nacional manager Felscher as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Defensor Sporting.
The attacking power of Nacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Internacional have won or drawn the last 46 games (2-0-0) versus Nacional.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ramírez Polero 8 goals |  E. Gigliotti 3 goals |   M. Magalhães Prado 2 goals |
Internacional missing players
Nacional missing players
| Internacional | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.4 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nacional | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Internacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Metropolitanos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Gremio | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Atletico Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Goias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Bahia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Atletico PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 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 | Penarol | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Nacional | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Deportivo Maldonado | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | River Plate | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Torque | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Danubio | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 | Racing | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -11 | 13 |
| 13 | Cerro | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | La Luz | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Boston River | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Fenix | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
