Santos vs Internacional Predictions

Sunday’s Brazilian Serie A action sees Santos doing battle with Internacional at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira. An exciting game is expected to be in order as both sides battle for the three points on offer.

Santos had made a great start to the season, taking 10 points from their opening 4 matches but they were certainly brought back down to earth last weekend. Jorge Sampaoli’s men went into their derby clash with Palmeiras hopeful of securing a good result but were instead hammered 4-0 and they’ll now be desperate to return to winning ways on Sunday.

Santos have been particularly impressive on home soil, so spirits can at least be relatively high, despite the defeat last time out. Peixe have now won 6 home games in a row and have been in excellent goal scoring shape during said fixtures, plunging home an average of 2.16 goals a game in the process of them.

Meanwhile, after finishing 3rd in Serie A last season, Internacional are once again hoping to fight at the right end of the table. Colorado have made a reasonably strong start to the season, taking 9 points from their first 5 games and if they could manage to win this trip, they’d be in a very strong early position.

The visitors have now won 3 games in a row, so arrive in confident mood and will be looking to continue their positive momentum. Man for man, Inter have a team that can go blow for blow with anybody in Brazil on their day as they certainly won’t be displaying any apprehension in Sunday’s match.

This match up looks like one of the standout games in Serie A this weekend and it should be very entertaining to watch. Both teams have talented attacking players in abundance and with it not in either’s nature to sit back, an open and end to end 90 minutes should be in order.

All things considered, backing both teams to score looks the best way to play as far as the betting is concerned and is exactly where our money is going at current prices. Santos are scoring goals for fun on home soil but with Internacional a potent force themselves, it’s hard to see either team keeping a clean sheet and a 2-2 draw that would build on a run that has seen both nets hit in 3 of Internacional’s last 4 games looks on the cards.