Serie A: Botafogo are ready for the visit of Internacional in what is nearly guaranteed to be an action-packed football fixture. Here's a full preview!
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Serie A
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Internacional have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Internacional, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Botafogo and Internacional.
Botafogo form and stats
This stadium, Estádio Nilton Santos, has been a fortress for Botafogo in the Serie A so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-0-0. Botafogo has won so many consecutive home games (nine in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio Nilton Santos. We remember; it was Sao Paulo.
The Botafogo coach Nascimento and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Guarani in the Copa Sudamericana.
0-0 away at Cruzeiro before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Botafogo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Goals decide football matches and Botafogo are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Defensively Botafogo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Internacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Internacional so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Internacional's previous game versus River Plate, a Copa Libertadores win (3-1) played at home. Mercado was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.74. The defender Mercado scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Corinthians.Internacional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: Botafogo won four, Internacional were winners in six and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 13 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 4 goals |   W. Maciel Sousa Campos 3 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Internacional missing players
| Botafogo | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 32 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 83% |
| 72% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 72% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 61% | 78% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 39% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 16.8 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | 24% |
| 13.3 | 11 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 15.4 | 14.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Internacional have scored away.
- Botafogo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points (27) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals (20) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+22) in Serie A
- Botafogo have won all their matches at home so far.
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Gremio | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goias | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
