With the volatile opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Brasileiro U20 battle of the season. Botafogo U20 eagerly anticipate Ceará U20 in front of their home following.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Botafogo U20 form and stats
Last season, Botafogo U20's league results were 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, resulting in 4th spot in the Carioca U20. During these eleven matches they scored {22 goals} and conceded 13. Appearing as the home team in the last season Botafogo U20 produced 3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 7 conceded.
Botafogo drew their last game, 2-2 away at Fluminense U20 (placed 6th).
Preceding that fixture, a home defeat in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup against Bragantino U20. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botafogo U20 handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botafogo U20 as they are travelling to their away game against Portuguesa RJ U20 in the Carioca U20. That match is three days after this one.
Ceará U20 form and stats
Ceará had fun at their own home (Centro de Formação de Atletas TROPS) last time out, beating Atletico-MG U20 2-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Nosiru and that is quite the feat!
A defeat, in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup away at Sharjah Brasil U20, before that. Ceará U20 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former three meetings featuring these two participants are: zero wins for Botafogo, three draws and zero wins for Ceará U20. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Botafogo U20 missing players
Ceará U20 missing players
| Botafogo U20 | Ceará U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
