We’re counting down to Copa Libertadores action on Thursday as Nacional de Football will play Internacional.
All Nacional de Football v Internacional game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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Nacional de Football
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Nacional de Football, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Copa Libertadores success over Bahia.
In that game, Nacional de Football managed 27% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Nacional de Football was Nicolás López (69'). For their opponents, Bahia had 17 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Jean Lucas (47') was the scorer for Bahia.
Nacional de Football have been unlocking defences at will of late, putting 18 goals past the opposition over the course of their last six matches. In those games, Nacional de Football have also seen the aggregate sum of goals that have gone against them total 6. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be replicated here in this match.
Internacional
DWWLLL 📉
Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Botafogo in Serie A action, Internacional and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Illustrating their partiality to eventful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the previous six matches in which Internacional have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals per fixture. Opposition teams have got 12 of those goals.
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Head to head
The last league fixture between these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 3 on 23/04/2025 which ended up with the score at Internacional 3-3 Nacional de Football.
On that occasion, Internacional had 72% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Alan Patrick (45'), Alexandro Bernabéi (67') and Fernando (73').
Nacional de Football had 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Luciano Boggio (10') and Sebastián Coates (43') scored.
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Team News: Internacional
Internacional boss Roger Machado has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Bruno Gomes (Cruciate ligament tear), Vitinho (Broken finger), Johan Carbonero (Hamstring injury), Rafael Borré (Hamstring injury), Sergio Rochet (Broken hand), Enner Valencia (Hamstring injury), Gabriel Mercado (Cruciate ligament tear) and Lucca Drummond (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
In our opinion, Internacional and Nacional de Football could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.
A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. We therefore think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-1 score draw when the full-time whistle blows.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the 90 min. result market, backing Nacional de Football is available for 2.7, betting on a drawn result is 2.9 and taking a punt on the winning team to be Internacional gets you 2.8. These are the most competitive market prices that can be secured at present.
Victor Martins,
03:00 12/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Nacional de Football
Formed: 1899
Stadium: The Estadio Gran Parque Central (37,000)
Captain: Diego Polenta
Chairman: Alejandro Balbi
Manager: Álvaro Recoba
Competitions: Primera Division (Apertura) position 2, Copa Libertadores (Group F)