Internacional vs Bahia Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Internacional

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Internacional will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 Copa Libertadores triumph over Metropolitanos.

For Internacional, the goalscorers were Alan Patrick (17') and Luiz Adriano (30'). Freddy Vargas (50') scored for Metropolitanos.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Internacional haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Internacional have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals along the way.

Ahead of this clash, Internacional have not been beaten in the league by Bahia in their last 10 matches. A long run without a loss.

Bahia

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In their last game, Bahia drew 1-1 in the Serie A match with Goias.

In that game, Bahia managed 51% possession and 23 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Bahia was Everaldo (25'). For their opponents, Goiás had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Bruno Melo (31') scored for Goias.

In the course of their six most recent matches, Renato Paiva's Bahia have found the net a total of 7 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Heading into this fixture, Bahia haven't won against Internacional in games played away from home for the previous 5 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs stretching back to 13/06/2019 shows that these encounters have not been happy ones for Bahia. They’ve not been able to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Internacional have just been too good for them, finishing as winners in 83% of those games played.

A sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 13 from Colorado and 6 belonging to Tricolor de Aço. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Serie A match day 22 on 26/09/2021 which ended up with the score at Internacional 2-0 Bahia.

On that occasion, Internacional managed 58% possession and 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Yuri Alberto (39') and Rodrigo Dourado (74').

For their opponents, Bahia got 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Bruno Arleu.

📋 Team News: Internacional

Vitão (Inflamed ligaments of the knee), Charles Aránguiz (Calf Injury) and Gabriel (Ruptured knee ligament) aren’t available for Internacional boss Mano Menezes.

ℹ️ Team News: Bahia

Bahia boss Renato Paiva has multiple availability issues to deal with. Raul Gustavo (Knee Injury), Yago Felipe (Muscular problems), Marcos Victor (Knee Injury) and Matheus Bahia (Hamstring Injury) are not able to play.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Bahia have the ability to get a goal against this Internacional outfit, however that might not be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Internacional after 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:21 24/05/2023