October 23rd features a match where Internacional will travel to Curitiba to battle Coritiba in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 15th placed Coritiba is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Athletico PR. Alex Santana struck first for Athletico PR in the 90th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Coritiba couldn’t muster any offence and Athletico PR ran away with the shutout win. Coritiba is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Internacional recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Botafogo. Braian Romero struck first for Internacional in the 68th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Botafogo 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 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
Internacional and Coritiba last played eachother at the Estádio José Pinheiro Borda on the 25th of June. Internacional was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 13000 jubilant spectators. Taison scored the first goal for Internacional in the 19th minute, then Edenilson Andrade dos Santos added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Alexandre At the end of 90 a dissapointed Coritiba couldn’t manage to score, and Internacional took the shutout win.
Internacional is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Carlos De Pena and Alan Patrick each having 2 goals in their last 5. Fabrício Daniel and Bruno Gomes are the top scorers for Coritiba in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.