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Criciuma

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Criciuma won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of São Paulo.

In that game, Criciuma had 38% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Criciuma was Arthur Caíke (92'). At the other end, Sao Paulo had 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. Alisson (1') and Luciano (22') scored for São Paulo.

It has not been often in recent games where Criciuma have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Criciuma have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 14 goals on the way. Still, it remains to be seen whether the trend will persist here in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Criciuma:

• haven't beaten Internacional in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Internacional

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Since being beaten in their last game against Atlético Mineiro in Serie A action, Internacional will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Internacional managed 46% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Internacional was Alan Patrick (67'). Atletico Mineiro got 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Cadu (53') and Rômulo (97') scored for Atlético Mineiro.

A succession of effective showings from the Internacional defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes in total. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 5.

Going into this encounter, Internacional haven't been beaten by Criciuma in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 03/07/2004 shows that Criciuma have won 1 of these games and Internacional 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 2 of them for Tigrão and 10 for Colorado. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league contest between these sides was Serie A match day 24 on 24/09/2014 which ended up with the score at Internacional 3-0 Criciuma.

That day, Internacional managed 53% possession and 12 shots on goal with 9 on target. The goals were scored by Charles Aránguiz (39'), Eduardo Sasha (48') and Andrés D'Alessandro (52').

Criciuma had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Marcelo de Lima Henrique.

📰 Team News: Criciuma

The Criciuma manager Claudio Tencati has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash with a completely healthy squad available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Internacional

Internacional boss Eduardo Coudet has multiple availability issues to deal with. Mauricio (Bruised knee) and Ivan (Cruciate ligament injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Fernando and Fabricio Bustos.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Criciuma will need to put in a solid display to hit the back of the net against this Internacional outfit who we think will likely emerge victorious.

That’s why our selection here is for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 victory for Internacional at full-time.

A close call.

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Peter Guest, 21:01 30/06/2024