On Saturday Jul 16th, in week 17, Athletico PR and Internacional will play a match in Curitiba in a clash of these two closely matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Athletico PR is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Goiás. Pedro Raúl struck first for Goiás in the 5th minute on a feed from Nicolas, then Nicolas added another in the 39th minute. Athletico PR should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Internacional is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against América Mineiro. Moisés struck first for Internacional in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from de Souza Cardoso, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, América Mineiro couldn’t muster any offence and Internacional ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Internacional should be reasonably happy with their performance.
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 1 win apiece.
Edenilson Andrade dos Santos has been the most prolific scorer on Internacional in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Khellven Douglas Silva Oliveira and Hugo Moura are the top scorers for Athletico PR in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.