Week 15 brings us a match on Jul 2nd where Ceará will host Internacional in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. Ceará is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Atlético GO. Jorginho struck first for Atlético GO in the 26th minute, then Hayner tied it up for Ceará on an own goal in the 48th minute earning Ceará a comeback draw. Ceará is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Internacional, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Coritiba. Taison struck first for Internacional in the 19th minute, then Edenilson Andrade dos Santos added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Alexandre At the end of 90 a dissapointed Coritiba couldn’t manage to score, and Internacional took the shutout win. Internacional should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Internacional’s most prolific scorer has been Andrade dos Santos. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Stiven Mendoza and Hayner are the top scorers for Ceará in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.