The league table is allowed to rest as América Mineiro and Botafogo battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
The visiting Botafogo played their last game only four days ago, a Serie A match.
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.América Mineiro have played 6 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Azevedo was the last player to score a league goal for América Mineiro and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as América haven't scored in 487 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Mancini led his América Mineiro to a defeat away at Flamengo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio. Defender Éder got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.04/10. Éder won 3 of 9 duels.
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Fortaleza.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does América Mineiro handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for América as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Goias are visiting.
The América Mineiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. América have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Botafogo form and stats
They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the 2nd round.3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Botafogo playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Botafogo's previous game was their home loss versus Fluminense (0-1). Defender Cuesta was the best team player with a rating of 6.92. Cuesta hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Internacional.Botafogo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Botafogo now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Bragantino is waiting in only four days.
Botafogo have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Botafogo in these games.
Head 2 Head
América Mineiro-Botafogo H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: América Mineiro three wins, Botafogo four wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals | E. de Souza 3 goals | V. Soares dos Santos 2 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Botafogo missing players
| América Mineiro | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 14.1 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Goias | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Ceara | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | América Mineiro | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Juventude | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
