Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Internacional 5th with 65 points, Cuiabá 20th with 30, 35 apart. Internacional ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Against a league average of 1.22 goals per team per game, Internacional ran at 1.39 scored and 0.95 conceded, Cuiabá at 0.76 and 1.29.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 3 for Internacional, 2 for Cuiabá and 2 drawn, at 1.43 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 14% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
B. da Silva Machado took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.7 yellow cards per game. Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in Porto Alegre staged the fixture, a ground that holds 51,300. On the scoreboard, Internacional led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.