In this week 22 match on Aug 14th, Internacional and Fluminense will play a match in Porto Alegre in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Internacional sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Fortaleza. Lucas Crispim scored the first goal for Fortaleza in the 45th minute, then Hercules Pereira do Nascimento added another in the 70th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Internacional couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. Internacional is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Fluminense recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cuiabá. Germán Cano struck first for Fluminense in the 2nd minute on a feed from Chagas de Lima, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Cuiabá couldn’t muster any offence and Fluminense ran away with the shutout win. Fluminense is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Internacional and Fluminense last played eachother at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho on Sat Apr 23rd. Internacional won by a score of 1 to 0. Alexandre struck first for Internacional in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fluminense couldn’t muster any offence and Internacional ran away with the shutout win.
Both Jhon Arias and Germán Cano have been the hottest scorers for Fluminense in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Internacional is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Pedro Henrique and Mauricio each having 2 goals in their last five.