Internacional vs. Fluminense Betting Tips: Two bets for Copa Libertadores semi-final second leg
Two-time winners Internacional and 2008 runners-up Fluminense meet in the early hours of Thursday morning BST to determine the first team present in November's Copa Libertadores final.
The two Brazilian Serie A residents played out a corker of a semi-final first leg last week. Their contest was as evenly-contested as the 2-2 scoreline suggests despite Fluminense playing a whole half of football with only 10 men due to a 45th-minute sending off for Samuel Xavier.
Eight places and 12 points stand between these two domestically, but attention will be firmly set on securing the first place in this year's final - a position neither has tasted for 13 and 15 years respectively.
Internacional represent an 8/5 shot in the match result market, with the draw positioned at 21/10 and the travelling Fluminense available at 41/20 for the win.
Internacional vs Fluminense Tips
No matter whether it requires extra time and penalties, a winner will be determined between Internacional and Fluminense on Thursday. Both teams enter this second leg on the back of losses and could not be separated in last Thursday's first meeting.
When it comes to head-to-heads, it's been a real toss up for who takes all three points. In the Brazilian top flight there hasn't been a draw between the pair in any of the past eight matches, with Internacional claiming the victory in half and winning three of the last four. That is only further evidenced across their 46 total meetings, with both teams winning on 17 occasions each and drawing the remaining 12 matches.
In their recent four wins stretching back to August 2020, just one has been in Internacional's backyard, giving the home team a tangible advantage in these clashes.
When it comes to this particular goals line, two or more goals have been scored in their last three meetings, including last week's semi-final first leg, and has only failed to click in two of their last eight shared fixtures.
Enner Valencia has yet to score in any of his 10 league appearances, but boasts four goals in five in this competition for Internacional.
The 33-year-old forward will lead the line for his team on Thursday and produced an attacking return in last week's first meeting when assisting Alan Patrick to take the lead.
The slightly higher goals line of over 2.5 has been present in six of the last nine when the two have faced off with one another, with four goals being scored at the Maracana last week.
These two are likely to throw caution to the wind and launch a full scale assault to secure their place in November's final.
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