Audax Rio will plan to utilise their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 9 points behind Botafogo.
- Audax Rio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (5) in Carioca Serie A
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Audax Rio and Botafogo.
Audax Rio form and stats
The total Carioca Serie A results at home this season for Audax Rio are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus Botafogo last time out and are looking for a victory here.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Madureira with a 3-1 scoreline.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Audax Rio at home in the league. 5 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.
Botafogo form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Carioca Serie A.
Botafogo are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Audax Rio (placed 8th).
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Volta Redonda.The travelling fans enjoy Botafogo's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded result involving both these squads is the Audax - Botafogo 2-2 played earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the previous three meetings): Audax Rio won zero games, two matches ended with a tie and Botafogo got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroTop Goalscorers
  H. Sanches Nogueira Ribeiro Magalhaes 3 goals | C. de Lima 2 goals |  F. Medeiros da Silva 1 goals |
Audax Rio missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Audax Rio | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 55% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 13 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 8.6 | 9.5 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 53% | 51% |
| 12.8 | 9.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- Audax Rio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botafogo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Botafogo have scored more than double the goals of Audax Rio.
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (5) in Carioca Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Carioca Serie A
- Botafogo 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 | Fluminense | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Nova Iguacu | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 8 | Audax Rio | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 10 | Boavista | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
