Game week two of the Carioca U20 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Fluminense U20 - Botafogo U20 preview:
Fluminense U20 form and stats
It's back home for Fluminense, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating América RJ U20 away with the result 2-1. Before that, Fluminense drew at home versus CRB U20 (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties).
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Flamengo RJ U20 in only three days.
Last season, Fluminense U20's league statistics were 10 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Brasileiro U20. Over these 19 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home last season Fluminense U20 managed 4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 9 conceded.
Botafogo U20 form and stats
Botafogo U20 played 2-2 against Volta Redonda U20 in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Botafogo SP U20's place.
A quick return to home after this game, as Botafogo are hosting Resende U20 in the Carioca U20 only three days away.
Let's have a look at how Botafogo U20 performed last season in the Brasileiro U20: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 10/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Fluminense won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Botafogo U20 has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroFluminense U20 missing players
Botafogo U20 missing players
| Fluminense U20 | Botafogo U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Fluminense U20 | Last season | Botafogo U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 71% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 79% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 58% | ||
| 33% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 26% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 11% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | ||
| 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 19% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 225 | 116 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 137 | ||
| 94 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 45 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nova Iguaçu U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Vasco U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Portuguesa RJ U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Fluminense U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bangu U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Resende U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Botafogo U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Volta Redonda U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cabofriense U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Madureira U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Americano U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | América RJ U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Friburguense U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Boavista U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Macaé U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Vasco U20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Corinthians U20 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Palmeiras U20 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro U20 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Fluminense U20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo U20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| 8 | Atletico-MG U20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 31 |
| 9 | Sport Recife U20 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | America Mineiro U20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico-PR U20 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Bahia U20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | Santos U20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Vitoria U20 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Coritiba U20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Botafogo U20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Internacional U20 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Gremio U20 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 19 | Chapecoense-SC U20 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 20 | Ponte Preta U20 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |