Palmeiras U20 vs Botafogo U20 match preview

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Competition: Brazil Brasileiro U20
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Mário Martins Pereira (15317 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Palmeiras U20 have their presumed home advantage while Botafogo U20 are ahead 3 points in the Brasileiro U20 table.

Insights:
  • Palmeiras U20 has the most conceded goals (22) at home in Brasileiro U20
  • Botafogo U20 has the most clean sheets (8) in Brasileiro U20

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Copa Do Brasil U20. This match was also played here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Mário Martins Pereira. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Botafogo U20 have had more rest.

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Palmeiras U20 form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Brasileiro U20 this season. Palmeiras U20, who have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Brasileiro U20, have only managed 3 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Mário Martins Pereira. The home stadium (Estádio Municipal Dr. Mário Martins Pereira) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Palmeiras U20 it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The Palmeiras crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Bahia U20 here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Mário Martins Pereira in a Copa Do Brasil U20 match. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting America Mineiro U20.

Palmeiras has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Palmeiras U20 with 22 goals conceded in these matches.

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Botafogo U20 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botafogo U20, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Brasileiro U20, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Botafogo as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Goias U20 match.

Botafogo U20 are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Brasileiro U20 against Bahia U20 (placed 15th). It was a Carioca U20 defeat before that one as the away game against Vasco U20 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The attacking power of Botafogo when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Botafogo in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Palmeiras victories, zero draws and zero Botafogo U20 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

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Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 4 9 18
9 3 1 Won W 0 2 8
0 0 0 Drew D 2 3 6
9 6 3 Lost L 2 4 4
30 13 7 Scored S 0 8 30
33 22 14 Conceded C 4 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 89%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 56% 78%
61% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 61%
39% 56% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 28%
33% 44% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 44%
28% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 44%
17% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.6 12.7 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.7 10.6
5.2 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 5.3
32% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 32%
Key stats in Brasileiro U20 this season:
  • Botafogo U20 has the most clean sheets (8) in Brasileiro U20
  • Palmeiras U20 has the most conceded goals (22) at home in Brasileiro U20
  • Palmeiras U20 has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Brasileiro U20
  • Palmeiras U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras U20 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 Atletico-MG U20 18 10 5 3 33 20 9 6 3 0 21 9 9 4 2 3 12 11 13 35
2 Atletico-PR U20 18 10 4 4 41 20 9 7 1 1 26 7 9 3 3 3 15 13 21 34
3 Fluminense U20 18 9 5 4 28 20 9 6 3 0 16 5 9 3 2 4 12 15 8 32
4 Sao Paulo U20 18 9 4 5 28 20 9 5 4 0 12 5 9 4 0 5 16 15 8 31
5 Corinthians U20 18 10 1 7 31 24 10 7 0 3 21 11 8 3 1 4 10 13 7 31
6 Botafogo U20 18 8 6 4 30 19 9 6 3 0 22 8 9 2 3 4 8 11 11 30
7 Gremio U20 18 9 3 6 33 26 9 4 3 2 20 12 9 5 0 4 13 14 7 30
8 Flamengo RJ U20 18 8 4 6 27 18 9 6 0 3 16 8 9 2 4 3 11 10 9 28
9 Internacional U20 18 7 6 5 22 22 10 3 3 4 11 14 8 4 3 1 11 8 0 27
10 Vitoria U20 18 8 3 7 24 25 9 5 2 2 13 7 9 3 1 5 11 18 -1 27
11 Palmeiras U20 18 9 0 9 30 33 9 3 0 6 13 22 9 6 0 3 17 11 -3 27
12 Goias U20 18 6 5 7 27 28 9 3 3 3 14 11 9 3 2 4 13 17 -1 23
13 Sport Recife U20 18 7 2 9 17 29 9 5 1 3 10 7 9 2 1 6 7 22 -12 23
14 Vasco U20 18 5 5 8 25 26 8 2 3 3 10 12 10 3 2 5 15 14 -1 20
15 Bahia U20 18 5 4 9 21 31 9 3 1 5 11 16 9 2 3 4 10 15 -10 19
16 Chapecoense-SC U20 18 5 4 9 22 34 8 3 2 3 14 15 10 2 2 6 8 19 -12 19
17 America Mineiro U20 18 5 3 10 22 29 9 3 1 5 9 13 9 2 2 5 13 16 -7 18
18 Cruzeiro U20 18 5 2 11 21 34 10 4 1 5 11 13 8 1 1 6 10 21 -13 17
19 Ceara U20 18 3 7 8 26 32 8 1 4 3 15 15 10 2 3 5 11 17 -6 16
20 Santos U20 18 4 3 11 15 33 9 4 0 5 11 17 9 0 3 6 4 16 -18 15

Read more about Brasileiro U20

The Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 is the official Brazilian national football tournament for U-20 teams. It has 20 teams playing each other home and away, followed by a playoff with the eight highest ranked teams.