Internacional hosts Olimpia Asuncion in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Friday, July 23rd at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (Porto Alegre)
Internacional is preparing for the return game against Olimpia not in the best shape. The first leg ended in a goalless draw. The Reds are having problems with creating and converting their scoring chances. In the last five matches, Internacional has scored only two goals (around 0.4 goals per game on average). Moreover, the team has never scored more than one goal in those matches. Bookmakers give a coefficient of 2.00 on the fact that the hosts will score Under 1.5 goals. At the same time, I will note that the Brazilian club rarely concedes either. Internacional has conceded goals in only two of the last five matches (0.6 on average). An important point — three out of five games were played away, and the Reds didn’t lose a single one.
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Olimpia Asuncion cannot return to the level at which the team was at the end of May. Then the Black-and-Whites finished the season with three victories with a total score of 12-4. The Kings of Cups rested for the next month and a half, and they returned only in mid-July with a match against Internacional in Copa Libertadores. After a draw with the Brazilians, Olimpia Asuncion lost 1-3 to River Plate in the first round of the Paraguayan Championship. It turns out that the Black-and-Whites have conceded in four of their last five matches, although they won three of them. But at the same time, both sides scored in four out of five Olimpia's games. Bookmakers give the coefficient of 2.28 that both teams will score in the upcoming game.
Internacional has never lost to Olimpia. In the first head-to-head match, the Brazilians hammered their opponents with a score of 6-1. The next two games ended with more modest production. Internacional won 1-0 in the Copa Libertadores group stage, and the recent first leg of the 1/8 finals ended in a goalless draw. In May, Olimpia Asuncion was in perfect order before the break — the team scored 12 goals in three matches. But in the new season, the Paraguayans scored only one goal in two games. Internacional does not make its fans happy either. The Brazilians have failed to score in three of their last five matches. And when it happened, they did it no more than once per game. We think that the fans shouldn’t count on a goal extravaganza in the upcoming match.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
