Internacional vs Coritiba Predictions

• Fewer than three goals have been scored in seven of Internacional’s last 11 Serie A matches.
• Fewer than three goals have been scored in seven of Coritiba’s last eight league contests.
• Fewer than three goals have been scored in five of the last six head-to-head league meetings between the clubs.

Go elsewhere for goals as Coritiba will come to defend 

Don’t bank on goals when fifth-placed Internacional host relegation-threatened Coritiba in Serie A on Saturday. Mano Menezes is likely to be without winger Wanderson and forward Alan Patrick for the game, which comes days before they face a tricky trip to Chile for the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana last-16 tie against Colo Colo.

They have a decent back-up to come in up top with Pedro Henrique set to deputise for the number ten, but 34-year-old Taison’s best days were left behind at Shakhtar Donetsk and he’s the likely replacement for joint-top scorer Wanderson.

The hosts are a bit short at around 4/7 for the win, particularly in the wake of this week’s 3-2 home reverse to Botafogo. And the visitors also offer little appeal, even at 11/2 in the match betting, after losing three games on the bounce to slip to 15th in the standings.

Hosts’ wandering eye could cost them a win

Internacional have been involved in some high-scoring home games lately, with each of their last three seeing at least three goals scored. But Coritiba, who usually set up with numbers behind the ball away from home, are very much an ‘unders’ play usually with fewer than three goals scored in seven of their last eight league games.

With the hosts minus some big attacking players, backing fewer than three goals in this game looks a good option. Fewer than three goals have been scored in seven of Internacional’s last 11 Serie A matches and also in five of the last six head-to-head league meetings between the clubs.

The 1-1 draw appeals in correct score betting as Internacional’s eyes may wander towards the Copa Sudamericana clash on the horizon. They have failed to win four of their last five games that preceded intercontinental matches this season. Coritiba have scored at least once in four of their last five league away games and van nick one in Porto Alegre too.

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