Internacional vs. Fortaleza Match Preview Article

Internacional, Recent Form

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Internacional will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 3-1 win in their away outing against Juventude.  

Manager Roger Machado will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 8 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 5 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way.   They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games; however, they have scored in 9 of their 10 played at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda this season.  

With an unbeaten league tally of 5 games from 6, their recent form should be viewed positively, especially with 3 wins thrown in.  

Fortaleza, Recent Form

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The 2-0 away defeat to Botafogo will not have sat easily with the Fortaleza squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points.  They came away from that fixture with a 36% share of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target, in comparison to Botafogo, who managed 22 attempts on goal, 7 of which were on target.  

Manager Juan Pablo Vojvoda will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period.  They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but playing away from home, they have conceded a goal in 10 of their 11 games this season.  

It has been a decent run of form for them recently, notching up 5 wins from the previous 6 matches.  

Juan Lucero has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Internacional.