It's fixture two of the Brasileiro U20 campaign and all to play for. Don't miss our thorough preview of Botafogo U20-Cruzeiro U20!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Botafogo U20 form and stats
The previous season, Botafogo U20's league statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, leading to 4th place in the Carioca U20. During these eleven matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 13. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Botafogo U20 managed 3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 7 conceded.
The spoils were shared in Botafogo's previous game, also at home. Visiting Flamengo RJ U20 (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Flamengo RJ U20 with a 2-1 scoreline.Cruzeiro U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cruzeiro U20 performed last season in the Brasileiro U20: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 9/10 goals scored/conceded.
It's the second away game in a row for Cruzeiro U20, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Nacional AC MG U20 last time out. An insane fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Cruzeiro U20, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as much fun?
Before that, Cruzeiro U20 secured a home win against Santarritense U20 with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Botafogo wins - draws - Cruzeiro U20 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Botafogo U20 missing players
Cruzeiro U20 missing players
| Botafogo U20 | Cruzeiro U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Botafogo U20 | Last season | Cruzeiro U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 79% | ||
| 69% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 77% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 7% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6 | ||
| 6.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 42% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 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 | América Mineiro U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Palmeiras U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Botafogo U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Atletico-MG U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ceará U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Bahia U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Cruzeiro U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Fortaleza U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vasco U20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Fluminense U20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda U20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Botafogo U20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Madureira U20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Nova Iguacu U20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Bangu U20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Boavista U20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | Audax Rio U20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 6 |
| 12 | Resende U20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -20 | 5 |
