Internacional vs Ceara Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Tuesday’s Brazilian Serie A action features a clash between Internacional and Ceara. The hosts are expected to pick up the three points relatively comfortably against the rock bottom visitors.

Coming into the season as a newly promoted side, albeit one with expectations of achieving more than merely avoiding the drop, Internacional’s start to the campaign has been excellent. Colorado find themselves in contention for a Libertadores spot, currently standing 5th with 23 points from 13 matches and will want to build upon their strong position with another good result in this one.

Odair Hellmann’s troops returned to action following the World Cup break with an exciting 2-2 draw away at Atletico PR. Following the trip, Internacional are now an impressive 9 matches unbeaten and confidence will be very high ahead of a return to home soil, having won 11 of the 15 fixtures contested at the Estádio Beira-Rio this year.

Meanwhile, Ceara returned to action by picking up their first win of the campaign, seeing off Sport Recife 1-0 as hosts. Nonetheless, despite the encouraging result, Vozão still remain in huge trouble, 6 points adrift of safety and having looked well below the standard required to stay in the division in the action we’ve seen so far.

Ceara came up with Internacional from the second tier last season but unlike their opponents, they look almost certain to make an immediate return there. Performances going forward are a real concern, having scored just 8 times in 13 matches and with just 3 of those goals coming on the road, this trip to Porto Alegre is likely to put a quick damper on any confidence gained from the midweek triumph.

Beating a Sport side that struggles on their travels is one thing, but it’s hard to envisage Ceara having any hope of taking anything home from this clash. Internacional are having a great campaign and are dominant on their own patch, seeing off teams with far greater quality than Ceara on a regular basis.

The bet that really stands out for us is for the hosts to win to nil. They’ve kept clean sheets in 10 of their last 15 home matches and should have few issues in keeping the ball out of their net here, with Ceara extremely weak on the road and lacking the quality needed to threaten.

All things considered, a 2-0 Internacional win looks the most likely conclusion come full time and is a scoreline well worth backing in addition to our main tip.