On Oct 27th, Internacional hosts Ceará at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 2nd placed Internacional is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Botafogo. Braian Romero scored the first goal for Internacional in the 68th 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 Botafogo couldn’t manage to score, and Internacional took the shutout win. Internacional is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while ceará is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Cuiabá. Deyverson scored the first goal for Cuiabá in the 82nd minute, then Jô tied it up for Ceará in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Ceará a comeback draw. Ceará looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 2nd of July, Ceará hosted Internacional at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in their last match together. Ceará and Internacional battled to a 1-1 draw. Vinicius Lima struck first for Ceará in the 19th minute on a penalty kick, then Moisés tied it up for Internacional in the 23rd minute on a feed from Taison squeezing out at least the one point for Internacional.
Ceará is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Vinicius Goes Barbosa de Souza and Stiven Mendoza each only have 1 goal in their last five. Both Carlos De Pena and Alan Patrick have been the hottest scorers for Internacional in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.