Internacional vs Santa Cruz Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

This game looks like an absolute home banker with Santa Cruz enduring a miserable campaign and heading nowhere but Serie B. They’ve lost their last 7 league games and have picked up just 1 win in 17 matches now, a run that has seen them slip even below America Mineiro, who’ve been propping up the table for virtually the entire season. They can’t quite be relegated on Saturday but it’s already a question of when and not if that happens and nobody at Santa Cruz is denying that,that is the case.

Since the opening 4 games of the season when they picked up 8 points, Santa Cruz average a miserable 0.53 points per game and they’ve lost 71% of their away matches over that period. For a while it looked as though Internacional might be joining them in the Second tier next season but their form has picked up enough to suggest they will win this game and will have enough to beat the drop.

Inter are still only 2 points above the drop-zone so there is pressure on them to get the job done here. They’ve won 6 of their last 8 games at home though with Celso Roth having steadied the ship following a very poor middle part of the season. They have won 50% of their home matches overall and have conceded just 0.81 goals per game at home on average so they are tough to break down.

They’ve won 31% of their home matches to nil and against a Santa Cruz side that is in absolute free-fall and has failed to score in 41% of their matches this season, there is evidence to suggest that will be the case again. 5 of Inter’s 7 most recent home wins were to nil and there looks to be value in backing Internacional to Win to Nil at 20/21 here against a Santa Cruz side that has been beaten to nil in 3 of their last 4 away games.