On Oct 9th, Goiás will travel to Porto Alegre to battle Internacional in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Internacional sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 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 couldn’t muster any offence and Internacional ran away with the shutout win. Internacional is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Goiás is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Fortaleza. Lucas Sasha struck first for Fortaleza in the 14th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Goiás couldn’t muster any offence and Fortaleza ran away with the shutout win. Goiás is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio De Hailé Pinheiro, Internacional took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Edenilson Andrade dos Santos struck first for Internacional in the 8th minute, then João Vitor Vallony da Silva got the equalizer for Goiás in the 41st minute on a feed from Elvis.
Pedro Raúl has been the most prolific scorer on Goiás in his last five matches with three goals. For Internacional, their top scorers are Alexandre and Pedro Henrique, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.