A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Botafogo and América Mineiro know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa do Brasil Round of 16 clash.
It's no vacation for neither Botafogo nor América Mineiro as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Botafogo's struggle is real here at Estádio Nilton Santos with only 7 points collected from 7 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Botafogo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Cuiaba. Cuesta was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.15 out of 10. The defender Cuesta won 14 of 16 duels.
Before that match, a Serie A win away at Bragantino.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 Botafogo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Botafogo as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Atlético Mineiro are visiting.
Botafogo have conceded 9 in these home matches.
América Mineiro form and stats
They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for América Mineiro so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for América, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Internacional. América Mineiro were so close to getting something from the game against Internacional, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime. Lopes was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Lopes hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Before that, América Mineiro secured a home win against Goiás with the score 1-0.América Mineiro 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, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A new game in only three days for América, the Serie A home match versus Bragantino. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from América Mineiro's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 9 matches. 13 goals have been conceded by América in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded result involving both these sides is the América Mineiro - Botafogo 3-0 played previously this season. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Botafogo won four games, two matches ended with a tie and América Mineiro have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals | E. de Souza 3 goals | V. Soares dos Santos 2 goals |
Botafogo missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Botafogo | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 44% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | ||
| 12.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 15 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Internacional | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 21 |
| 12 | Goiás | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Cuiaba | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Coritiba | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Avai | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | Ceará | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 19 | Juventude | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 12 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 11 |
