Week 3 brings us a match on Apr 23rd, where Internacional will travel to Rio de Janeiro to battle Fluminense in a clash of these two mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Fluminense recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cuiabá. Paulão struck first for Fluminense on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, 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 Fluminense took the shutout win. Fluminense is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Internacional, recorded a 2-1 win against Fortaleza. Yago Pikachu scored the first goal for Fortaleza in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot, then in the 7th minute of the first half’s stoppage time, Fabricio Bustos sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Andres D’Alessandro But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 90th minute on a goal by Alexandre. Internacional is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses 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 these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Internacional hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Yuri Alberto and Alexandre, and they each have 1 goal. Fluminense is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Manoel and Abel Hernández each only have 1 goal in their last 5.