Internacional vs Palmeiras Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th July 2023

Internacional enjoy home advantage, when visitors Palmeiras swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Serie A. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Internacional rank ten with 21 points to their name from 14 matches, while visitors Palmeiras rank five in the table on 24 points.

Internacional took down Palmeiras in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Sunday.

Internacional are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 12 goals. They managed three clean sheets in these matches.

Palmeiras managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded nine goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 0.9 goals an average per game.

Palmeiras lost 3-0 against Internacional in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 2-1 defeat, Palmeiras handed out in the match before.

Internacional vs Palmeiras Prediction

Internacional Form

Internacional claimed four points to their account in the last three matches, where they won 3-1 against Independiente Medellin, followed by a 0-0 draw with Cruzeiro. Their latest game against Fluminense resulted in a 2-0 defeat. Internacional won four of their previous six Serie A games at the Beira-Rio Stadium. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded four and scored seven goals.

Not many experts saw Internacional as a team for a top half finish this season, but currently they are well ahead of said expectations.

Palmeiras Form

Palmeiras have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Athletico Paranaense, they gained a point in a 2-2 draw, before coming up short against Sao Paulo, who ran out 1-0 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 with Flamengo. Palmeiras, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn three and lost one in their last six away in the Serie A.

Standards are high at a club like Palmeiras and as such the season is so far going according to plan.

Internacional and Palmeiras seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

Internacional fought their way to one wins and three points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in six goals. Palmeiras won two of their last five matches against teams from the top half of the Serie A table, scoring eight and conceding four goals. They collected eight points from these. Internacional claimed six wins, three draws as well as five defeats in the Serie A this season. Palmeiras put six wins, six draws and two defeats on the board in the Serie A.

Internacional vs Palmeiras Squads

Internacional Squad

The 61-year-old Menezes will select the starting eleven against Palmeiras from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season:

Anthoni (0/0), Emerson (0/0), John Victor (0/8), Keiller (0/6), Fabricio Bustos (0/9), Gabriel Mercado (0/8), Igor Gomes (0/8), Mario Fernandes (0/0), Motta Felipe (0/0), Nicolas Hernandez (0/6), Rene (0/12), Rodrigo Moledo (0/7), Thauan Lara (0/7), Vinicius Rangel (0/0), Vitao (0/11), Alan Patrick (0/11), Carlos De Pena (1/11), Charles Aranguiz (0/0), Estevao (0/1), Gabriel (0/0), Gabriel Baralhas (0/5), Gabriel Barros (0/2), Gustavo Campanharo (0/0), Jean Dias (1/10), Johnny (2/9), Lucas Ramos (0/0), Matheus Dias (0/6), Mauricio (2/6), Romulo (0/0), Alexandre Zurawski (1/9), Enner Valencia (0/0), Lucca (0/11), Luiz Adriano (1/13), Pedro Henrique (1/11), Wanderson (3/12).

Palmeiras Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Palmeiras head coach Ferreira will select from for his starting XI:

Marcelo Lomba (0/0), Mateus Oliveira (0/0), Vinicius (0/0), Weverton (0/13), Gustavo Garcia (0/4), Gustavo Gomez (0/13), Ian Custodio (0/0), Luan Garcia (1/11), Marcos Rocha (0/2), Mayke (1/12), Murilo Cerqueira (1/5), Vanderlan (0/5), Artur Guimaraes (4/13), Dudu (3/13), Eduard Atuesta (0/0), Fabinho (0/9), Gabriel Menino (2/13), Jailson (0/0), Jhonatan (0/7), Joaquin Piquerez (0/9), Jose Lopez (1/6), Kaiky Naves (0/4), Luis Guilherme (0/8), Pedro Lima (0/0), Raphael Veiga (4/9), Richard Rios (0/14), Tabata (0/5), Ze Rafael (0/11), Breno Lopes (0/8), Endrick (4/12), Gabriel Silva (0/0), Kevin (0/0), Rafael Elias (0/0), Rony (2/11).

Internacional vs Palmeiras Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Internacional, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Charles Aranguiz and Gabriel are missing from the squad, Internacional will field against Palmeirason Sunday.

Internacional vs Palmeiras Lineups

Internacional vs Palmeiras H2H

Internacional won 3-0 against Palmeiras, whereas Palmeiras claimed a 2-1 win in their most recent matches. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Palmeiras have been the dominant force winning five matches against Internacional. The bookies have Palmeiras to win this match at best price odds of 16/11.

Internacional vs Palmeiras Results

A high scoring match is a fairly rare occurrence when Internacional face Palmeiras as under 2.5 goals happened in seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Internacional vs Palmeiras Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Serie A, Luiz Adriano will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Palmeiras hope Rony can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Serie A goals in his last six Serie A games.

Internacional won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing one as well. Palmeiras won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost three in this run. Palmeiras came away from five of their last 10 away matches with a clean sheet. Internacional did the same in four of their last 10 home games.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Internacional and Palmeiras as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Internacional scored an average of 0.9 goals a game, with Palmeiras averaging 0.9 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in four of Internacional’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 1.5 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Palmeiras, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.