Palmeiras hope to overturn their winless form this week in the Campeonato Brasileiro when they play host to Internacional. The match schedules for Sunday at the Allianz Parque, with kickoff at 10 pm.
Internacional is in seventh place and will try to move above Palmeiras as they go into the weekend just one point behind their opponents.
After the first phase, Palmeiras showed that it could be a title contender by finishing first in the league with 31 points. In their last 12 league games, however, they could not collect nine more points, and thus Abel Ferreira‘s page fell over the table.
Nevertheless, they were still able to reach the Copa Libertadores final while trying to defend the title they won a year ago. In the league, however, they are in a winless streak of five games.
They had two matches last weekend. They lost the first game 4-2 to Bragantino on Sunday and drew 0-0 with Bahia mid-week.
During the early part of the season, Internacional was in 15th place and had only won 11 points after only two games.
In the 14 games since then, the team has gained 28 points and is only one point behind their opponents in Sunday’s encounter.
Diego Aguirre’s team goes into the game undefeated after three games and is in good shape after scoring eight goals in the last two matches.
Palmeiras vs Internacional Head to Head
Both sides have 31 games against each other with Palmeiras taking 11 wins while Internacional with 12 wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Bahia 0-0 Palmeiras
- Palmeiras 2-4 Red Bull Braganinto
- America Mineiro 2-1 Palmeiras
- Palmeiras 1-1 Juventude
- Atletico Mineiro 1-1 Palmeiras
Away
- Internacional 3-1 America Mineiro
- Internacional 5-2 Chapecoense
- Ceara SC 0-0 Internacional
- Atletico Mineiro 1-0 Internacional
- Internacional 2-0 Bahia
Palmeiras Team News
Weverton, Piquerez, and Gomez are all available after their return from the international match, and the trio is expected to start against Internacional. Wesley is suspended, for the match against Bahia.
Internacional Team News
Unfortunately, Internacional will be without the services of Bruno Mendez and Paolo Guerrero due to thigh and knee problems. Rodrigo Moledo and Vinicius Mello will not be playing for the guests due to injury contentions.
Prediction and Odds
With all this uncertainty about their performances, we expect this match to be low-scoring and although Palmeiras haven’t performed well in the league lately.
- Draw
- Double Chance
- Goals Under 2.5
