📏 Form Guide

Nacional de Football

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Nacional de Football fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-3 Copa Libertadores triumph over Bahia.

In that game, Nacional de Football had 27% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for Nacional de Football was Nicolás López (69'). On the other side, Bahia got 17 attempts on goal with 8 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

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Botafogo in Serie A action, Internacional and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Internacional had 57% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 on target. Botafogo got 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Igor Jesus (9'), Artur (44'), Cuiabano (54') and Alex Telles (69') scored for Botafogo.

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.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league match between these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 3 on 23/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Internacional 3-3 Nacional de Football.

On that occasion, Internacional managed 72% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Alan Patrick (45'), Alexandro Bernabéi (67') and Fernando (73').

Nacional de Football had 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Luciano Boggio (10') and Sebastián Coates (43') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Internacional

Internacional manager Roger Machado has to choose a team with limited availability. 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) are not able to play.

💡 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.

Victor Martins, 21:00 15/05/2025