Brazil’s Serie A moves into round No 5 with a slate of midweek matches. Botafogo lead the league with 12 points after four matches.
Internacional and Bahia are both fighting to stay in the title race early in the campaign. Both teams are seeking a vital round No 5 win on Tuesday.
Internacional will host Athletico, as they seek a four straight game without a defeat against their Serie A rival. Athletico’s last win against Inter was during the 2021 season when they claimed a 2-1 home win. Internacional won each of their last three home matches versus Athletico.
Athletico are 10th in the table with six points from their opening four matches. The team is coming off a 2-1 win against Flamengo. It ended a two-match losing streak. Athletico lost both of their away Serie A matches, and their only wins have come at home.
Inter are coming off their first loss of the season. The team fell 2-0 to Sao Paulo last time out. It ended a three-match unbeaten streak. Inter have seven points from four matches. They aren’t scoring many goals, as only four were tallied in four matches.
RB Bragantino have a record of 3W-1D-2L against America Mineiro in the teams’ five all-time meetings. The away team went unbeaten in the last four fixtures between the two clubs.
America MG are bottom of the Serie A table. They failed to take any points from their opening four fixtures. The team conceded 11 goals and scored just three times.
RB Bragantino, on the other hand, are 12th after four matches, with five points. The team is winless in its last three Serie A fixtures. Bragantino were outscored 8-6 across their four matches.
Santos are winless against Bahia in their last three games in all competitions. The Black and White’s last win against Bahia was during the 2020 season. Bahia failed to win away to Santos in their last three trips to Urbano Caldeira Stadium.
Bahia started the season poorly with back-to-back losses. However, they are improving, with two consecutive wins. Six points were taken from Bahia’s opening four matches, with six goals for and five against.
Santos have not started the campaign well. They have four points out of 12 on offer. Santos are coming off a 2-1 loss to Cruzeiro in Serie A.
Cuiaba failed to win their last four matches against Atletico Mineiro in all competitions. Last season, Atletico MG outscored Cuiaba by a combined 4-1.
Neither team has started the 2023 Serie A season well. Cuiaba are 13th with four points from four matches. They are coming off a 2-1 win over American MG, the league’s last-place team.
Atletico MG are 15th in the standings. They also have four points from four matches. Atletico lost 2-0 to league-leader Botafogo last time out.