Ceara vs Internacional Prediction & Betting Tips - Brasileirão Serie A

Prediction published on 04/01/2021, 21:54  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 04/01/2021 at 21:58 in Football Predictions

Ceara’s first act of 2021 will be at home, when they host Internacional in Fortaleza as the Brazilian Serie A resumes after the Christmas break. This clash finds Ceara placed 10th in the league standings on 36 points while Internacional are fourth with 47 points. The hosts’ last act of 2020 saw them come from down to draw with Santos and will be hoping to build on it in this game. A win could see them leap two steps up to eighth, and their run of three wins in their last five matches should be a motivator. However, the three wins are all Ceara have to show in the last 11 matches, a signal that they need a lot of improvement. They have two clean sheets in the last five matches and have scored two or more in three of the five but they will have to do more defensively. Ceara have the poorest defence among the top 15 sides, having conceded 37 goals, and heading to this game, they have conceded two or more goals in five of their last 10 matches. Playing at home didn’t bring much comfort towards the close of 2020; they have no win in the last five home matches – losing one, drawing four. The team has just two clean sheets in the last 11 home games. In three of their last four home matches, Ceara came from behind to register draws and have conceded two goals or more in three of their last five home matches. They have beaten Internacional just once in the last five meetings and all their last seven meetings have ended in under 2.5 goals.

Internacional on the other hand, wrapped up 2020 on a high, with three straight wins and know another win here could push them to second in the standings. The three back to back wins are all the team has in the last 12 matches and have lost seven of their last 15 games. While Internacional have the fourth best attack in the league, with 41 goals so far, they have struggled in defence in their recent matches. They have scored twice in four of their last five matches but have just one clean sheet in the process, and have conceded two or more goals in three of their last 10 matches. Focusing on Serie A alone, Internacional are unbeaten in the last five matches, and have scored twice in each of the last four, though they have kept just two clean sheets in the five matches. Yuri Alberto will be the focus point in this game after scoring three times in the last four matches but Internacional will also have lead scorer Thiago Galhardo to bank on after scoring his 16th goal in their last game. The two will be key as Inter look to break the poor away run that has them on one win and one clean sheet in the last five in the league, having also failed to score in three of the five.