Fluminense and Botafogo are keen to let people see their new recruits and skills: It's their first game of the Carioca Serie A season.
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning added motivation and importance.
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 Fluminense and Botafogo.
Fluminense form and stats
The previous season, Fluminense's league statistics were 15 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, ending with 7th spot in the Carioca Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored 38 goals and gave away 38. Playing as the home side in the previous season Fluminense produced 11-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 14 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fluminense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.
Botafogo form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Botafogo in the national league as they took home the Carioca Serie A trophy. The championship was secured after 20 wins, 10 draws and only 8 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 5, drew 8 and lost 6.
Botafogo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the sides met earlier this campaign; Fluminense - Botafogo 1-2. Fred (Fluminense) was shown a red card when these teams last met. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Fluminense victories, three draws and one Botafogo win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals |  J. Arias Andrade 4 goals | G. Cano 4 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Fluminense | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 85% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 62% |
| 77% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 6.5 | 7.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 27% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 53% | 49% |
| 6.8 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.7 | 12 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botafogo have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fluminense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
