Athletico Paranaense vs Internacional - prediction, team news, lineups

Athletico Paranaense volition beryllium aiming to widen their winning tally erstwhile they invited Internacional to the Arena da Baixada connected Saturday for circular 20 of the 2026 Brasileiro.

The Furacao are chasing a 4th successive triumph aft coming from down to bushed Sao Paulo 2-1, portion Internacional beryllium 14th successful the array aft suffering a 2-1 location decision to Cruzeiro past clip out.

Match preview

Nobody had Athletico-PR among the 4 champion teams successful the Brasileirao following their instrumentality from Serie B. Odair Hellmann, however, has built a squad that rapidly grasped what it needed to bash to past successful the apical formation and past began warring for a bully woody more. With 33 points from 19 rounds, the Furacao adjacent retired the archetypal fractional of the run successful the apical 4 and tin present look astatine the 2027 Copa Libertadores arsenic a realistic target.

In the past round, the broadside offered further grounds of its character. Having fallen down pursuing an mistake from goalkeeper Santos, they returned aft fractional clip with a antithetic cognition and turned the crippled astir to triumph 2-1, with 2 goals from Leozinho wrong 5 minutes. It was the benignant of effect that separates competitory teams from also-rans, and Athletico person shown this play that they beryllium successful the erstwhile group.

The instauration of the run is the defence. They person conceded 19 goals successful 19 games, with lone Palmeiras and Flamengo breached less times. The backmost 3 of Arthur Dias, Aguirre and Esquivel provides security, and goalkeeper Santos is successful fantabulous form. Further forward, Kevin Viveros remains the outright apical scorer successful the contention with 11 goals, portion Mendoza creates abstraction retired wide with his gait and adjacent dribbling.

Benavidez is inactive sidelined with genu pain, but Portilla, backmost aft the World Cup with Colombia, adds to the options successful midfield. Leozinho, the leader of the past round, is expected to proceed alongside Viveros successful attack.

Internacional find themselves successful the other situation. Three consecutive defeats and 5 consecutive games without a win. The Colorado's past triumph successful the Brasileirao came connected May 16, erstwhile they thrashed Vasco 4-1. Their existent league presumption is alarming: 14th connected 21 points, conscionable 1 spot supra the relegation zone. The archetypal fractional of the play ended connected a bitter enactment and with nary wide motion that matters volition amended successful the abbreviated term.

The restart aft the World Cup lone made the representation worse. Against Cruzeiro astatine the Beira-Rio, Pezzolano's broadside conceded to Kaio Jorge successful the archetypal half, mislaid Vitor Gabriel to a consecutive reddish paper 13 minutes into the 2nd play and past watched Matheus Pereira widen the lead. Carbonero pulled 1 backmost precocious on, but the 2-1 scoreline masked a disjointed performance. The supporters, who were already increasing impatient, near the stadium erstwhile again with small to judge in.

The transportation model reshaped the squad without addressing the underlying problems. Borre, the apical scorer of the play with 9 goals, was sold to River Plate. Bruno Tabata besides departed. Chilean defender Maripan made his debut against Cruzeiro but inactive needs lucifer sharpness, portion midfielder Calebe was not adjacent named successful the squad. Alerrandro, the lone recognised centre guardant astatine the club, reported backmost overweight and has not delivered what was expected. Inter are searching the marketplace for different forward, but a caller signing is improbable to beryllium disposable for Saturday.

Pezzolano returns to the dugout aft serving a suspension, and that whitethorn lend the squad a small much organisation. The problems, though, tally deeper than the beingness of a manager connected the touchline. In Curitiba, against 1 of the astir competitory teams successful the division, the Colorado get arsenic a broadside trying to enactment retired a occurrence that keeps spreading.

Athletico Paranaense Brasileiro form:

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Internacional Brasileiro form:

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Team News

The bully quality for Odair Hellmann was the instrumentality of guardant Kevin Viveros, who has recovered from genu symptom and is disposable again. Midfielder Bruno Zapelli, connected the different hand, remains retired aft suffering an ankle sprain during the mid-season break, portion Gaston Benavidez and Felipinho are inactive absent and beryllium connected an appraisal from the aesculapian section to observe whether they volition beryllium acceptable to look Internacional.

Compared with the past match, the 1 definite alteration is the lack of the young Arthur Dias, suspended aft picking up his 3rd yellowish card. Carlos Teran and Leo Pele are the candidates to regenerate the fig four.

Internacional, for their part, get nether unit aft the location decision by Cruzeiro connected the resumption of the Brasileirao. Beyond the antagonistic result, the coaching unit person begun monitoring the carnal information of the squad up of the travel to Curitiba. As things stand, Alan Rodriguez remains successful the hands of the aesculapian department, Kayky continues his betterment from genu country and Rochet is inactive being treated for backmost pain, portion Vitor Gabriel, sent disconnected against the Raposa, is unavailable.

The Colorado committee proceed to enactment connected rebuilding the squad aft the departure of Rafael Borre. Guillermo Maripan has already joined the radical and is competing for a spot successful defence, portion the nine property connected with their hunt for a caller centre guardant for the remainder of the season. Even aft the setback against Cruzeiro, the caput manager is expected to support overmuch of his first-choice broadside intact.

Athletico Paranaense imaginable starting lineup:

Santos; Carlos Teran (Leo Pele), Aguirre, Esquivel; Gilberto, Jadson, Luiz Gustavo, Joao Cruz, Mendoza (Claudinho); Leozinho (Rivaldo), Kevin Viveros. Manager: Odair Hellmann.

Internacional imaginable starting lineup:

Anthoni; Bruno Gomes, Gabriel Mercado, Maripan (Juninho), Bernabei; Villagra, Bruno Henrique, Alan Patrick (Calebe); Carbonero, Alerrandro, Vitinho. Manager: Paulo Pezzolano.

We say: Athletico Paranaense 2-0 Internacional

Athletico are expected to marque a accelerated commencement and enactment Internacional nether sustained pressure, with Kevin Viveros, the competition's starring scorer, apt to airs the biggest menace successful the last third.

Inter could find opportunities connected the antagonistic oregon from acceptable pieces, but they whitethorn beryllium forced to instrumentality greater risks if they autumn behind, perchance leaving abstraction for the Furacao to exploit and enactment the contention beyond reach.

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