Botafogo and Flamengo are both doing (very) nicely in the Serie A with their 1st and 4th spots respectively. Let's hope for a great game!
- Botafogo have the most scored goals (38) in Serie A
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Botafogo have less rest than Flamengo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Defensa y Justicia, so at least Botafogo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have been outstanding at home so far in the Serie A with 11 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. days ago.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lucas Estella Perri not having conceded a league goal in 252 minutes.
The club members are hoping that Botafogo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Copa Sudamericana fixture against Defensa y Justicia.
Previous to that game, a Serie A home match hosting Bahia in a game that was won 3-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Botafogo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 1 and lost 2.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 15 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Botafogo manager Nascimento has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. Botafogo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Flamengo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Flamengo delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Internacional (placed 14th) in their previous game. Pereira, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Pereira won 6 of 10 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Coritiba.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Flamengo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Flamengo, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy Flamengo's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Flamengo have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Flamengo - Botafogo 2-3. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Botafogo won two games, one match ended in a draw and Flamengo managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 13 goals |   G. Barbosa Almeida 5 goals |  P. Abreu dos Santos 5 goals |
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| Botafogo | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 38 | 26 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 34 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 26 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 90% |
| 71% | 91% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 91% | 86% |
| 43% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 82% | 57% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 36% | 24% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 73% | 57% |
| 62% | 73% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 19% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 16.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.3 | 13.2 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 36% | 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 39% | 32% |
| 13.4 | 11.6 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 17.1 | 15.5 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.3 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Botafogo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (13) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points (33) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals (26) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals (38) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+27) in Serie A
- Botafogo have won all their matches at home so far.
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Gremio | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Internacional | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Goias | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Bahia | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
