Oct 6th features a match where Internacional will travel to Rio de Janeiro to battle Flamengo in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Flamengo is fresh off their 4-1 win against Bragantino. Barbosa Almeida struck first for Flamengo in the 12th minute, then Hélinho tied it up for Bragantino in the 48th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Flamengo should be reasonably happy with their performance, while internacional is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Santos. Carlos De Pena scored the first goal for Internacional in the 23rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Santos was frustrated by Internacional’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Internacional ended the match with the shutout victory. Internacional is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun Jun 12th, Internacional was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Wanderson struck first for Internacional in the 1st minute, then Wanderson added another in the 22nd minute.
Internacional is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Alexandre and Pedro Henrique each having 2 goals in their last 5. Flamengo is fortunate enough to have Gabriel Barbosa Almeida in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.