- Internacional have won the last two Serie A matches against Vitoria since June 2024.
- Vitoria’s 2025 Serie A wins = 2 or 3, but their average goals scored per game = between 0.4 and 0.8.
- Vitoria’s average conceded per Serie A game = under 1, so games are close.
Two philosophies meet at Beira-Rio
SC Internacional RS are the clear favorites at -163 for Saturday’s Serie A home matchup with EC Vitoria. The visitors are priced at +480 and, although they have made a decent start to the campaign, they will need to be on the mark to get something from this game.
Our SC Internacional RS vs EC Vitoria prediction sees Internacional’s boss as a disciplinarian who has created a well-drilled side that plays a possession-based game with a tempo that they control. They press in numbers, but in zones, and they look to smother opposition attacks and punish when they get the ball back in their half. A large part of their success in 2025 has come from their impressive defensive resilience, but the goals have been coming with more frequency recently, largely thanks to their attacking midfielders and wingers.
Vitoria are a faster, more direct side and like to exploit turnovers. They use the width of the pitch to press and will get men behind the defense in the hope of exploiting space that way. They are an athletic side and their coach looks to have exploited the attributes of his squad well so far.
Vitoria need to finish more chances
The Rubro-Negro have been in competitive form, but their results don’t show it because they have not scored many goals. They have not conceded many either, and their defensive solidity keeps the games close, but they need to be more clinical if they are to make this grind pay against the well-drilled Internacional side. According to the latest SC Internacional RS vs EC Vitoria odds, the match remains finely balanced despite previous records.
This fixture has been played 22 times in all competitions since 2004 with Vitoria BA holding the better record at 9 wins to 8, plus 5 draws, but the trend has turned to Internacional’s favour recently with both Serie A encounters since June 2024 going to the home side.
Internacional are the likely victors
For this SC Internacional RS vs EC Vitoria preview, the odds on a home win are attractive, but I cannot ignore the fact that they are -163 favourites, so I will take the slightly better odds on a low-scoring game.
The average total goals in the head-to-head record is 27 (for Vitoria) and 24 (for Internacional), and that equates to approximately 1.2 and 1.1 goals per-game respectively.
This SC Internacional RS vs EC Vitoria prediction is based on the belief that Internacional will look to control the game and secure the win they have clinched in both recent Série A encounters against Vitoria, but the underdogs will feel they can snare a goal on the counterattack.
Additionally, our SC Internacional RS vs EC Vitoria betting tips suggest backing under 2.5 goals at -163 as the most likely outcome here, but should Internacional get it, it would continue their dominance in this matchup.
