In this week 25 match on Sep 4th, Internacional will travel to São Paulo to battle Corinthians in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. Corinthians is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Bragantino. Gustavo Silva scored the first goal for Corinthians in the 31st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bragantino couldn’t manage to score, and Corinthians took the shutout win. Corinthians is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Internacional recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Juventude. de Souza Cardoso struck first for Internacional in the 38th minute, then Wanderson added another in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Juventude couldn’t manage to score, and Internacional took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Internacional should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On May 14th, Internacional hosted Corinthians in their last match together. Internacional and Corinthians battled to a 2-2 draw. Alan Patrick struck first for Internacional in the 25th minute on a feed from Andrade dos Santos, then Raul Pereira Bicalho tied it up for Corinthians in the 30th minute .
Both Mauricio and Wanderson have been the hottest scorers for Internacional in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Yuri Alberto has been the most effective weapon for Corinthians lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.