This Tuesday Brazilian Serie A fixture sees Internacional face Ceara, they home team are expected to have an easy day at the office and get all three points with little to no troubles. As a newly promoted side, Internacional have been very impressive and they look very likely to finish this season in at least the Copa Libertadores spot. After 13 games, they currently sit 5th on the league table with 23 points ahead of this match. This game offers them the chance to build on their very strong position. Their first game after the World Cup break ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw against Athletico PR, that result means that they have not lost any of their last 9 games and they would be very confident of getting a home win here. Ceara, on the other hand, returned from the break to pick up their first win of the season following a 1-0 win over Sports Recife. Despite claiming all three points in that game, they are still in huge trouble and enter this game six points off the pace in their battle to escape relegation this season.

These teams would be looking forward to a great season in the Premier League with Manchester City looking to defend their crown while Liverpool would be looking to win their first title in more than 25 years. The Reds have played five preseasons already and they had won three and drew one before facing Borussia Dortmund in their last match on Sunday. They went ahead on the 25th minute through a Virgil van Dijk header, however, a much-changed Liverpool side failed to kick on in the second half and they succumbed to a 3-1 loss, in the end, they would be looking for their first win in the International Cup in this game. Pep Guardiola is without his World Cup stars, and the Cityzens had the most players of any European side in the World Cup last four, so it was understandable when they were beaten 1-0 by Borussia Dortmund in their first game of this preseason tournament. However, with the likes of Riyad Mahrez and Leroy Sane in this group, Pep would be looking for his first win in his last four games against Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool have won three of their last four meetings with Manchester City.

Liverpool have had their most successful transfer window in a long time and the Reds would be looking to show how prepared they are for the new season when they kick-start their International Champions Cup games with this match. They have played four domestic preseason games already. They beat Chester 7-0, Tranmere 3-2 before ending their 3rd game against Bury 0-0. Their last preseason game before this match ended in a 2-0 win for them courtesy of goals from Daniel Sturridge and Lazar Markovic. With the addition of Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool have a stronger team than the one that played the domestic friendlies and Jurgen Klopp would be looking to gel the duo with his new midfield combination of Fabinho and Naby Keita. Borussia Dortmund have also made a good start under new manager Lucien Favre. They have played and won two friendlies, the last of which was their 1-0 win over Manchester City on Saturday morning. They are also without some players who played at the World Cup, but the team still has the likes of Mario Gotze and Christian Pulisic who did not play at the World Cup so they would be looking to hurt Liverpool and get one over their former boss.  

This game is one of the biggest games of the weekend in the Brazilian Serie A as Palmeiras take on their big rivals, we expect a lot of actions at both ends of the pitch. Palmeiras should be gunning for the title this season but their recent run of form would not do their aspirations any good. They played two consecutive draws before the league went on break, and they returned from their break with yet another 1-1 draw against Santos in their last league game. They need to start getting the wins else pressure would start building and playing under pressure would not be good for them. Mineiro on their path were doing very well before the break, but the break seems to have taken that good form off them as they resumed with a 2-0 loss to Gremio the last time out. They made a couple of signings in the past month and the new players may need some time to gel, but they come into this game in the 3rd position which is not bad by any stretch of the imagination. Both games between the two last season ended in draws. Remarkably, Palmeiras haven’t beaten Atletico Mineiro since a 3-2 win back in 2011.