Football match betting preview: América Mineiro vs Botafogo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 18.Oct
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

Struggling América Mineiro will hope to pull off a surprise when they greet hard-driving Botafogo in the next league round. It’s 20th vs 1st and the home supporters will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • América Mineiro have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie A

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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América Mineiro form and stats

América Mineiro's results here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the Serie A have been very modest with 4 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats. América Mineiro are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, having lost their two previous games here.

No payout for América in their previous match, an away game at Fortaleza that ended in defeat 2-3. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Fortaleza) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Mastriani, an attacker, was the champion performer for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Mastriani scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cruzeiro the opponent.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 17 most recent league games shows that 13 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for América Mineiro as they are travelling to their away game against Corinthians in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the América Mineiro defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When América Mineiro hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Santos, Cruzeiro, Goias, Coritiba, Bahia and Vasco da Gama), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Botafogo form and stats

6-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Botafogo in their Serie A matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Botafogo, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Fluminense (placed 7th) last time out. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone four league matches without victory. Midfielder Santos was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Santos scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Goias.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this team's last 20 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Botafogo are hosting Athletico PR in the Serie A only three days away.

Botafogo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Botafogo as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported meeting featuring both these participants is the Botafogo - América Mineiro 2-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings with these sides: América Mineiro won four, Botafogo triumphed in three and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BotafogoF. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
15 goals
AméricaG. Mastriani Borges
G. Mastriani Borges
6 goals
América MineiroF. Azevedo dos Santos
F. Azevedo dos Santos
4 goals

América Mineiro missing players

Botafogo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Mineiro Botafogo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
4 4 1 Won W 1 6 17
6 1 0 Drew D 2 3 4
16 8 2 Lost L 1 4 5
29 13 3 Scored S 5 14 42
54 23 7 Conceded C 5 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 92%
92% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 46% 69%
69% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 31% 38%
46% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 15%
12% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
65% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 31% 35%
8% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 46% 54%
27% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 19%
 
4.3 4.4 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.2 4.6
5.9 4.8 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.7
2.6 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.4
8 5 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
14.1 14.3 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.2 13.3
4.7 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 4.8
24% 20% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 33%
 
15 12.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 15.8 13.6
5.5 4.8 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.6 5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Serie A
  • América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have the most clean sheets (14) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+26) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 26 17 4 5 42 16 13 11 1 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 14 10 26 55
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Grêmio 26 13 5 8 42 35 13 10 2 1 26 10 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
6 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 26 14 8 4 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 10 13 7 42
7 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
8 Athletico PR 26 11 8 7 38 30 14 8 5 1 25 15 12 3 3 6 13 15 8 41
9 Atletico Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 Sao Paulo 26 9 8 9 31 27 14 9 2 3 23 13 12 0 6 6 8 14 4 35
11 Cuiaba 25 9 5 11 26 30 12 4 4 4 17 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -4 32
12 Internacional 26 8 8 10 23 31 13 6 3 4 15 14 13 2 5 6 8 17 -8 32
13 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
14 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
15 Cruzeiro 25 7 9 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 12 4 4 4 18 13 2 30
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 34 38 12 4 4 4 20 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -4 28
17 Vasco da Gama 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 5 2 6 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 27
18 Goias 26 6 9 11 25 37 13 3 6 4 15 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -12 27
19 Coritiba 26 5 5 16 29 54 12 3 3 6 14 17 14 2 2 10 15 37 -25 20
20 América Mineiro 26 4 6 16 29 54 13 4 1 8 13 23 13 0 5 8 16 31 -25 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 26 17 4 5 42 16 13 11 1 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 14 10 26 55
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Grêmio 26 13 5 8 42 35 13 10 2 1 26 10 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
6 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 26 14 8 4 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 10 13 7 42
7 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
8 Athletico PR 26 11 8 7 38 30 14 8 5 1 25 15 12 3 3 6 13 15 8 41
9 Atletico Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 Sao Paulo 26 9 8 9 31 27 14 9 2 3 23 13 12 0 6 6 8 14 4 35
11 Cuiaba 25 9 5 11 26 30 12 4 4 4 17 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -4 32
12 Internacional 26 8 8 10 23 31 13 6 3 4 15 14 13 2 5 6 8 17 -8 32
13 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
14 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
15 Cruzeiro 25 7 9 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 12 4 4 4 18 13 2 30
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 34 38 12 4 4 4 20 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -4 28
17 Vasco da Gama 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 5 2 6 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 27
18 Goias 26 6 9 11 25 37 13 3 6 4 15 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -12 27
19 Coritiba 26 5 5 16 29 54 12 3 3 6 14 17 14 2 2 10 15 37 -25 20
20 América Mineiro 26 4 6 16 29 54 13 4 1 8 13 23 13 0 5 8 16 31 -25 18

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.