This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Botafogo at Estádio Nilton Santos when the Copa Sudamericana tournament arrives in town and Magallanes with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Magallanes have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are full days for the hometeam, as they had a match only four days ago in the Serie A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Palmeiras.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have been very solid at home in the Serie A so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Botafogo are confident in defense, having played 318 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Botafogo, who won 1-0 against Palmeiras. The victory was somewhat lucky as the opponents were far ahead in xG (expected goals): 2.76 - .75. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Soares, having found the net in three matches in a row. The attacking player Soares won the honour of being "man of the match" for Botafogo with the rating of 7.65/10. Soares scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a Serie A win away at Cuiaba.The match schedule is unforgiving for Botafogo as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Vasco da Gama are visiting.
Defensively Botafogo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Magallanes form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Magallanes so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
Two away matches in a row for Magallanes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 against César Vallejo in the Copa Sudamericana.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home hosting LDU Quito in the Copa Sudamericana. Magallanes are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 4 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Of the defeats, 0 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
It's early days yet, but Magallanes has scored 7 and conceded 14 goals from their travels in the league so far (7 games).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Magallanes - Botafogo 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 10 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 2 goals |  J. dos Santos Junior 2 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Magallanes missing players
| Botafogo | Magallanes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 13.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| 12 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | César Vallejo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 4 | Magallanes | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Gremio | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Internacional | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | América Mineiro | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cobresal | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Huachipato | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Coquimbo Unido | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Universidad Catolica | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Colo-Colo | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Universidad Chile | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Everton | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Union Espanola | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | O'Higgins | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Audax Italiano | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Palestino | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Nublense | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Union La Calera | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Curico Unido | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Copiapo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 16 | Magallanes | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 8 |
