The Fluminense & Botafogo head coaches Silva and Nascimento are both afraid of and feeling excited about this highly important game in the higher regions of the Serie A league table.
- Fluminense have not yet lost a game at home.
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie A
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Fluminense have less rest than Botafogo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Internacional, so at least Fluminense are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense have been very solid at home in the Serie A so far, with 33 points collected from 13 matches (10-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 6th position in the table. In general it's been a long time since Fluminense tasted defeat here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
Fluminense are returning here after visiting Internacional in a Copa Libertadores fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Cano, a forward, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.95 (out of 10). Cano scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cuiaba (0-3).A decent goal production from Fluminense in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Fluminense have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {6 goals}.
Botafogo form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Botafogo playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Botafogo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Botafogo's last fixture was the Serie A match versus Goias, played on neutral ground. It was a draw at full-time (1-1). As mentioned above, Botafogo drew the match against Goias. Manager Nascimento brought on Soares to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Henrique, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Henrique served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Corinthians before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Botafogo, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Botafogo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Fluminense and Botafogo have played each other previously this season: Botafogo - Fluminense 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Fluminense victories, two draws and three Botafogo wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 14 goals |   G. Cano 7 goals |  V. Moreira de Lima 4 goals |
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| Fluminense | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 34 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 40 |
| 29 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 76% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 42% | 68% |
| 44% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 44% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 36% | 54% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 52% |
| 24% | 8% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 20% |
| 6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.9 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.1 | 13.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.1 | 13.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 |
| 24% | 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 33% |
| 14.4 | 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 15.5 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 5 |
- 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 scored goals in the second half (25) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+24) in Serie A
- Botafogo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fluminense have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 52 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 41 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Atletico PR | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 | Sao Paulo | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Internacional | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Santos | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 27 |
| 16 | Goias | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 18 | Bahia | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 25 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -24 | 18 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -26 | 17 |
