Internacional vs Coritiba Prediction

Neither side arriving in top form

Internacional's last 20 games read five wins, six draws and nine defeats, with 25 scored and 29 conceded. That's a side struggling to find consistency, home or away.

Internacional: 20 completed matches; Coritiba: 20 completed matches.

Internacional

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

29

Difference

-4

Coritiba

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

35

Difference

-9

Coritiba have been marginally better over the same stretch, six wins and six draws against eight losses, though they've leaked 35 goals in that run. Both teams have shown they can score, but both have also shown they can be got at.

Goals look more likely than a tight, cagey affair given both defences' recent record.

Comparative Team Statistics: Internacional vs Coritiba

A fixture with plenty of history, little recent pattern

These two have met regularly going back to 2011, and the results swing all over the place, heavy wins either way, narrow ones, and more than a few draws mixed in.

Their most recent meeting, back in May this season, ended 2-2. Before that there's a real mix of outcomes across the last decade and a half, so history doesn't point firmly one way.

A big gap in the league table

Coritiba sit ninth with 38 points from 28 games. Internacional are down in 18th with just 28 points from the same number of matches.

That's a ten-point gap between two sides who've played an identical number of fixtures, and it lines up with Internacional's rougher recent form.

Coritiba's league position looks more secure than their recent form alone might suggest.

Goals shared around, a few fitness doubts

Coritiba's scoring has been split fairly evenly between Pedro Rocha and Breno Lopes, both on eight goals, with Josué chipping in ten assists. It's a reasonably balanced attack rather than a one-man show.

Internacional:

Best scorers:

J. Carbonero - 7

Best assist providers:

J. Carbonero - 4

Penalty cards:

A. Bernabéi x 1 x 7

Victor Gabriel x 1 x 7

Paulinho x 7

Injury list:

B. Arhin

Victor Gabriel

R. Villagra

Coritiba:

Best scorers:

Pedro Rocha - 8

Breno Lopes - 8

Best assist providers:

Josué - 10

Penalty cards:

Thiago Santos x 7

Injury list:

Lucas Crepaldi

Tiago Coser

Internacional's main threat going forward is J. Carbonero, who leads their scoring but only has seven goals from 27 appearances, less of a standout return. There are also a few fitness question marks on the home side, with Arhin, Victor Gabriel and Villagra all listed with injury concerns.

Internacional's attacking output looks thinner than Coritiba's, and their squad depth has a few dents too.