On the 7th of August, in this week 21 match, Internacional and Fortaleza will play a match in Fortaleza in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 18th placed Fortaleza, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cuiabá. Robson Fernandes struck first for Fortaleza in the 25th minute on a feed from Marcelo Benevenuto, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cuiabá couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. Fortaleza is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Internacional is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Atlético Mineiro. Mauricio struck first for Internacional in the 7th minute, then Wanderson added another in the 24th minute In the end, Atlético Mineiro was frustrated by Internacional’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Internacional ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Internacional should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Internacional and Fortaleza last played eachother at the Estádio José Pinheiro Borda on Apr 17th. Internacional won by a score of 2 to 1. Yago Pikachu struck first for Fortaleza in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, then Andres D’Alessandro tied it up for Internacional in the 7th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty But luckily in the 90th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Alexandre.
Both Pedro Henrique and Mauricio have been the hottest scorers for Internacional in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Moises and Emanuel Brítez are the top scorers for Fortaleza in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.