INTERNACIONAL VS CIANORTE PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Internacional and Cianorte meet at Estádio José Pinheiro Borba (Beira-Rio), in a match for this phase of the Copa do Brasil (3rd Round). This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never faced each other before. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
International:
Until reaching this stage of the Copa do Brasil (3rd Round), the home team eliminated: Remo and Boavista SC. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. The team comes to this match after a draw at home with São Luiz by (0-0). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Internacional won 6, drew 3 and lost 1. Their attack has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, they suffered the first goal 4 times, but got the comeback in 2.
In the first match of the third phase of the Brazilian Cup, the International team will need to look for a good result, so they can play more calmly in the second leg. The local team knows that it has a template technically far superior to that of its adversary, then it will have to show that superiority within the four lines. In the previous phase the home team eliminated the Remo, after winning away from home by the score of 2×1. The local coach will have the absences of Danilo Fernandes and Wiliam Pottker on account of injuries and striker Nico Lopez on account of a suspension for the red card received in the last game.
Cianorte:
Until reaching this phase of the Copa do Brasil (3rd Round), the visiting team eliminated: Criciuma and ABC. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in away matches; against 10 wins and 5 draws in his stadium. In the last 10 away matches Cianorte has won 3, tied 4 and lost 3. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
Due to the fact that they have a more qualified team ahead of them, the Cianorte knows that they will have to overcome in the field to achieve a good result, but playing away from home in this first game the mission will be even more complicated. The visiting team will need to make a strong defensive score and try to score goals away from home, as it is one of the tiebreaker criteria if necessary. In the last phase, the Cianorte team managed to qualify away from home against the Criciúma team, after drawing in the 90 ‘and winning in the shoot-off on penalties. The visiting coach must take to the field what is best for him at his disposal.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.46
