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Competition: Brazil Carioca 1
Competition: Wed 26.January
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

It's the first fixture of the new season for Boavista and Botafogo. The canvas is empty, the opportunities unlimited.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Boavista form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Boavista as they were promoted from Serie D last season. Happy days that were secured through 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 14 games. The team scored 4 goals at home last season and conceded 6. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

Boavista are traveling soon after this match as the Carioca 1 match at Vasco da Gama awaits in four days.

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Botafogo form and stats

A job perfectly done for Botafogo last season as they secured promotion from Serie B. With a grand total of 20 wins, 10 draws and 8 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous ten meetings between these two squads are: one win for Boavista, three draws and six wins for Botafogo. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Boavista missing players

Botafogo missing players

Boavista Botafogo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Boavista Last season Botafogo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
14 7   Played P   19 38
5 1   Won W   5 20
3 3   Drew D   8 10
6 3   Lost L   6 8
11 4   Scored S   17 56
13 6   Conceded C   18 31
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 92%
57% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 71%
21% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 37%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
29% 29%   BTTS BTTS   42% 37%
36% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 53%
43% 57%   Failed to Score F T   32% 18%
 
3.6 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.8
4.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.5
2.4 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
5.9 5.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 11.9
2.6 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.7
30% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 31%
 
7.7 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 10.1
3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Audax Rio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bangu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Botafogo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Flamengo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fluminense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Madureira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nova Iguaçu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portuguesa RJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Resende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Vasco da Gama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Volta Redonda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Portuguesa 14 6 6 2 20 12 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 2 4 1 9 8 8 24
2 Santo Andre 14 6 3 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 3 1 3 7 6 3 21
3 Cianorte 14 4 8 2 12 9 7 3 4 0 6 2 7 1 4 2 6 7 3 20
4 Bangu 14 5 4 5 14 16 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 2 2 3 5 8 -2 19
5 Inter de Limeira 14 5 4 5 11 14 7 2 1 4 5 10 7 3 3 1 6 4 -3 19
6 Boavista 14 5 3 6 11 13 7 1 3 3 4 6 7 4 0 3 7 7 -2 18
7 Sao Bento 14 3 5 6 10 13 7 1 3 3 5 7 7 2 2 3 5 6 -3 14
8 Madureira 14 3 5 6 12 16 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 3 3 6 9 -4 14
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 Botafogo 38 20 10 8 56 31 19 15 2 2 39 13 19 5 8 6 17 18 25 70
2 Goias 38 17 14 7 48 31 19 10 7 2 30 16 19 7 7 5 18 15 17 65
3 Coritiba 38 18 10 10 49 35 19 11 5 3 29 14 19 7 5 7 20 21 14 64
4 Avai 38 18 10 10 44 35 19 10 6 3 24 14 19 8 4 7 20 21 9 64
5 CSA 38 18 8 12 48 33 19 9 6 4 28 15 19 9 2 8 20 18 15 62
6 Guarani 38 16 12 10 54 41 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 6 8 5 26 24 13 60
7 CRB 38 16 12 10 47 39 19 8 9 2 26 17 19 8 3 8 21 22 8 60
8 Nautico 38 14 11 13 50 50 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 6 5 8 20 25 0 53
9 Vila Nova 38 12 15 11 35 36 19 6 10 3 13 11 19 6 5 8 22 25 -1 51
10 Vasco da Gama 38 13 10 15 43 52 19 9 4 6 25 24 19 4 6 9 18 28 -9 49
11 Ponte Preta 38 12 13 13 39 40 19 9 7 3 26 17 19 3 6 10 13 23 -1 49
12 Operario PR 38 13 9 16 35 46 19 9 4 6 22 21 19 4 5 10 13 25 -11 48
13 Cruzeiro 38 10 18 10 42 44 19 5 10 4 24 24 19 5 8 6 18 20 -2 48
14 Sampaio Correa 38 12 11 15 41 42 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 3 6 10 16 26 -1 47
15 Brusque 38 13 9 16 44 56 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 4 4 11 19 40 -12 45
16 Londrina 38 11 11 16 31 41 19 6 5 8 17 19 19 5 6 8 14 22 -10 44
17 Remo 38 11 10 17 31 42 19 7 4 8 11 13 19 4 6 9 20 29 -11 43
18 Vitoria 38 8 16 14 31 32 19 5 7 7 18 14 19 3 9 7 13 18 -1 40
19 Confianca 38 9 10 19 35 48 19 6 3 10 20 25 19 3 7 9 15 23 -13 37
20 Brasil de Pelotas 38 4 11 23 23 52 19 4 6 9 14 21 19 0 5 14 9 31 -29 23

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There are 26 state football leagues in Brazil. Because of long distances in Brazil a very competitive football culture developed within each state. Therefore, Brazil remain one of the few countries who still run state championships alongside the national ones. Most of them run from January to May, outside the national season.