On the 24th of July, in this week 19 match, Palmeiras hosts Internacional at Allianz Parque in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. Palmeiras is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Cuiabá. Gabriel Veron Fonseca de Souza struck first for Palmeiras in the 49th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cuiabá couldn’t manage to score, and Palmeiras took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Palmeiras should be reasonably happy with their performance, while internacional is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Athletico PR. Neither Athletico PR nor Internacional could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 17 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Internacional should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Palmeiras won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Internacional is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Andrade dos Santos and Moisés each having 2 goals in their last 5. Palmeiras hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Rony and Furtado Scarpa, and they each have 1 goal.