Botafogo vs Madureira pre-match info: Guests in for a demanding task at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro

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Competition: Brazil Carioca Serie A
Competition: Thu 26.January
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Luso-Brasileiro (21004 seats)

Botafogo welcome Madureira for another entertaining Carioca Serie A game here at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Carioca Serie A game only four days ago.

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Botafogo form and stats

Botafogo's first Carioca Serie A home game here at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches.

Botafogo are returning here after visiting Volta Redonda and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Cuesta and de Oliveira scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, Botafogo lost 0-1 at home to Audax Rio.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Botafogo home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager de Castro will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fluminense in only three days.

Botafogo has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Madureira form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Carioca Serie A away game of the season. During their previous season 6 away games resulted in 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Madureira aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 368 league minutes without a goal. Catatau was the last player to find the net.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Fluminense with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Flamengo.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Madureira played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Madureira manager Arantes as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Boavista.

Madureira have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Botafogo, three draws and two wins for Madureira. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BotafogoF. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
6 goals
BotafogoC. de Oliveira Alves
C. de Oliveira Alves
3 goals
BotafogoJ. Santos Sa
J. Santos Sa
2 goals

Botafogo missing players

Madureira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botafogo Madureira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 33%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 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%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
7.5 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 3.3
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 8
3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 9
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 14.7
6 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4.3
Botafogo Last season Madureira
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   6 11
15 6   Won W   2 3
8 4   Drew D   2 2
15 9   Lost L   2 6
41 18   Scored S   5 9
43 19   Conceded C   8 17
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   67% 82%
63% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 55%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 55%
24% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 27%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 9%
39% 37%   BTTS BTTS   33% 45%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 36%
37% 42%   Failed to Score F T   50% 36%
 
4.6 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.5
5.2 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.7
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
4 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.8 15   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 9.3
4.8 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 3.3
22% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 25%
 
12.7 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 12.7
4.1 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 4 3 1 0 10 1 3 3 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 10
2 Fluminense 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Bangu 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Volta Redonda 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
5 Audax Rio 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 4
6 Botafogo 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
7 Resende 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
8 Portuguesa RJ 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 3
9 Vasco da Gama 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Madureira 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
11 Boavista 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
12 Nova Iguaçu 3 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 1
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 Palmeiras 38 23 12 3 66 27 19 13 4 2 39 12 19 10 8 1 27 15 39 81
2 Internacional 38 20 13 5 58 31 19 13 5 1 40 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 27 73
3 Fluminense 38 21 7 10 63 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 9 4 6 24 21 22 70
4 Corinthians 38 18 11 9 44 36 19 12 4 3 24 11 19 6 7 6 20 25 8 65
5 Flamengo 38 18 8 12 60 39 19 11 3 5 37 15 19 7 5 7 23 24 21 62
6 Atletico Mineiro 38 15 13 10 45 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 7 8 4 20 19 8 58
7 Atletico PR 38 16 10 12 48 48 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 0 58
8 Fortaleza 38 15 10 13 46 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 19 8 2 9 22 26 7 55
9 Sao Paulo 38 13 15 10 55 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 19 5 9 5 23 21 13 54
10 America Mineiro 38 15 8 15 40 40 19 9 4 6 22 18 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 53
11 Botafogo 38 15 8 15 41 43 19 6 4 9 18 19 19 9 4 6 23 24 -2 53
12 Santos 38 12 11 15 44 41 19 8 5 6 28 19 19 4 6 9 16 22 3 47
13 Goiás 38 11 13 14 40 53 19 6 8 5 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 31 -13 46
14 Bragantino 38 11 11 16 49 59 19 8 5 6 29 23 19 3 6 10 20 36 -10 44
15 Coritiba 38 12 6 20 39 60 19 11 4 4 25 16 19 1 2 16 14 44 -21 42
16 Cuiaba 38 10 11 17 31 42 19 6 8 5 17 15 19 4 3 12 14 27 -11 41
17 Ceara 38 7 16 15 34 41 19 4 8 7 20 22 19 3 8 8 14 19 -7 37
18 Atlético GO 38 8 12 18 39 57 19 6 5 8 22 23 19 2 7 10 17 34 -18 36
19 Avaí 38 9 8 21 34 60 19 7 4 8 24 26 19 2 4 13 10 34 -26 35
20 Juventude 38 3 13 22 29 69 19 2 9 8 18 27 19 1 4 14 11 42 -40 22
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 Flamengo 11 8 2 1 27 8 6 4 1 1 14 5 5 4 1 0 13 3 19 26
2 Fluminense 11 8 1 2 15 3 6 4 0 2 8 3 5 4 1 0 7 0 12 25
3 Botafogo 11 7 2 2 25 15 6 5 0 1 16 6 5 2 2 1 9 9 10 23
4 Vasco da Gama 11 7 1 3 19 11 6 4 1 1 10 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 8 22
5 Nova Iguaçu 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 4 3 1 0 10 1 3 3 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 10
2 Fluminense 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Bangu 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Volta Redonda 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
5 Audax Rio 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 4
6 Botafogo 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
7 Resende 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
8 Portuguesa RJ 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 3
9 Vasco da Gama 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Madureira 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
11 Boavista 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
12 Nova Iguaçu 3 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 1

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