Serie B preview: Can Botafogo SP edge out victory against Chapecoense?

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Thu 24.Aug
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Santa Cruz (29292 seats)

In total; 23 league rounds are played and Botafogo SP are 11 points in front of Chapecoense. Who will win?

Insights:
  • Botafogo SP have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie B

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Chapecoense, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie B. That game was also an away game, at Novorizontino. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Botafogo SP form and stats

5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Botafogo SP, who have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Serie B, so far this season.

Edson was the last player to score a league goal for Botafogo SP and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Botafogo SP haven't scored in 450 minutes.

Botafogo SP lost their last game at Vitoria (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league rounds. Midfield player Boschetti got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Boschetti hit two key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).

Before that, Botafogo SP drew at home versus Ponte Preta.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botafogo handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Botafogo SP aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Santa Cruz in the league, with only {6 goals} from 11 games. Botafogo SP have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chapecoense form and stats

There's been little loot from Chapecoense's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Serie B. Chapecoense only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Chapecoense play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Novorizontino (placed 5th). Those three points felt nice as this team had gone five league rounds without winning. Goalkeeper Airton was absolutely vital in the Chapecoense victory against Novorizontino, making eight saves. Marcinho was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.3. The defender Marcinho scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Atletico GO.

Chapecoense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this side's latest 15 league rounds have had two goals or less.

A new game in only four days for Chapecoense, the Serie B home match versus Avai. Busy days.

Chapecoense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As for defending, Chapecoense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings with these squads: Botafogo SP won one, Chapecoense were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Botafogo SPS. de Oliveira Gabriel Júnior
S. de Oliveira Gabriel Júnior
4 goals
Botafogo SPO. de Menezes Venâncio Júnior
O. de Menezes Venâncio Júnior
3 goals
Botafogo SPT. Kedes Boschetti
T. Kedes Boschetti
2 goals

Botafogo SP missing players

Chapecoense missing players

Botafogo SP Chapecoense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
9 5 1 Won W 0 2 5
6 2 2 Drew D 1 3 7
8 4 0 Lost L 3 6 11
15 6 1 Scored S 4 14 24
25 10 0 Conceded C 8 18 29
83% 82% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 45% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 65%
30% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 13%
22% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 52%
43% 64% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
52% 55% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 39%
 
6.3 7.5 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.5 5.4
5.3 3.5 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.3 5.2
2.3 1.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.2 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13 15.7 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.7 13.7
3.4 4.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 4
19% 13% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 36% 26%
 
13.2 11.5 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 17.8 16.4
3.9 3.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.5 4.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Botafogo SP have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Serie B
  • Botafogo SP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Chapecoense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Chapecoense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chapecoense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Botafogo SP have scored home.
  • Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vitoria 24 15 2 7 36 19 12 10 0 2 21 6 12 5 2 5 15 13 17 47
2 Sport Recife 24 13 6 5 34 20 12 10 1 1 24 6 12 3 5 4 10 14 14 45
3 Criciuma 25 13 5 7 28 19 13 9 1 3 18 8 12 4 4 4 10 11 9 44
4 Juventude 25 13 4 8 26 20 12 6 2 4 13 10 13 7 2 4 13 10 6 43
5 Novorizontino 24 13 3 8 30 17 12 7 2 3 16 8 12 6 1 5 14 9 13 42
6 Vila Nova 25 12 6 7 28 14 12 7 4 1 13 4 13 5 2 6 15 10 14 42
7 Guarani 24 11 7 6 30 19 12 8 2 2 20 9 12 3 5 4 10 10 11 40
8 Atletico GO 24 9 10 5 34 34 12 6 5 1 19 15 12 3 5 4 15 19 0 37
9 Mirassol 25 10 6 9 25 24 13 6 4 3 14 10 12 4 2 6 11 14 1 36
10 Ceara 24 9 7 8 24 24 12 5 3 4 12 13 12 4 4 4 12 11 0 34
11 Botafogo SP 23 9 6 8 15 25 11 5 2 4 6 10 12 4 4 4 9 15 -10 33
12 CRB 23 9 5 9 25 26 11 5 4 2 13 10 12 4 1 7 12 16 -1 32
13 Ituano 24 7 8 9 24 24 12 5 4 3 16 9 12 2 4 6 8 15 0 29
14 Ponte Preta 24 6 10 8 15 20 12 4 6 2 10 7 12 2 4 6 5 13 -5 28
15 Avai 23 6 7 10 21 31 12 4 3 5 12 16 11 2 4 5 9 15 -10 25
16 Sampaio Correa 24 5 10 9 17 26 12 3 6 3 12 13 12 2 4 6 5 13 -9 25
17 Chapecoense 23 5 7 11 24 29 12 3 4 5 10 11 11 2 3 6 14 18 -5 22
18 Tombense 24 5 5 14 24 35 12 3 4 5 15 15 12 2 1 9 9 20 -11 20
19 Londrina 24 5 4 15 20 36 12 4 2 6 14 15 12 1 2 9 6 21 -16 19
20 ABC 24 2 8 14 15 33 12 1 4 7 7 15 12 1 4 7 8 18 -18 14

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.