Sousa vs Botafogo PB: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Brazil Paraibano
Competition: Wed 11.January
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Antônio Mariz (12000 seats)

It's square one in Paraibano - the first fixture of the season. Read the full article and see how Sousa and Botafogo PB did in their pre-season friendlies!

Botafogo PB could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Nordeste game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Santa Cruz. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Sousa form and stats

Last season, Sousa's league stats were 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, ending with 5th spot in the Paraibano. Over these 14 matches they scored {16 goals} and gave away 18. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Sousa managed 4-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 5 conceded.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sousa as they are travelling to their away game against Serra Branca in the Paraibano. That match is three days after this one.

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Botafogo PB form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Botafogo as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 19 games, relegation was a fact. Botafogo PB's manager Egert are hoping to lead the team right back to Serie C at the first attempt.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Campinense in just four days.

It's a day of discovery for Botafogo PB as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Botafogo PB have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Botafogo PB has scored {3 goals} and conceded 2 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sousa two wins, two draws and Botafogo PB six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SousaD. Alves da Costa
D. Alves da Costa
1 goals
SousaG. Barbosa Ferreeira
G. Barbosa Ferreeira
1 goals
Botafogo PBL. Dantas de Oliveira
L. Dantas de Oliveira
1 goals

Sousa missing players

Botafogo PB missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sousa Botafogo PB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Sousa Last season Botafogo PB
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
16 8   Played P   9 19
7 4   Won W   3 7
2 0   Drew D   2 8
7 4   Lost L   4 4
19 10   Scored S   6 17
20 11   Conceded C   7 13
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   78% 79%
62% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 53%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 26%
19% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
12% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   33% 47%
31% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 42%
25% 25%   Failed to Score F T   44% 32%
 
3.9 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.1
5.3 5   Corners against (avg) C A   6 4.4
2.5 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.4
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.6 8   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.7
3.5 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.3
29% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 27%
 
8.3 6   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 8.3
3.9 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.4 2.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Auto Esporte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Botafogo PB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Campinense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Queimadense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 CSP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sao Paulo Crystal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
5 Nacional de Patos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Serra Branca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sousa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Paysandu 19 9 6 4 31 17 10 6 3 1 19 7 9 3 3 3 12 10 14 33
2 Mirassol 19 10 3 6 32 20 9 7 1 1 20 7 10 3 2 5 12 13 12 33
3 Figueirense 19 8 9 2 27 18 10 7 2 1 18 8 9 1 7 1 9 10 9 33
4 Volta Redonda 19 10 2 7 29 22 10 7 1 2 20 10 9 3 1 5 9 12 7 32
5 Botafogo SP 19 10 2 7 26 22 9 6 1 2 12 8 10 4 1 5 14 14 4 32
6 ABC 19 8 7 4 22 16 9 6 3 0 12 3 10 2 4 4 10 13 6 31
7 Vitoria 19 8 5 6 21 15 10 5 1 4 13 8 9 3 4 2 8 7 6 29
8 Aparecidense 19 8 5 6 23 18 9 4 2 3 11 11 10 4 3 3 12 7 5 29
9 Botafogo PB 19 7 8 4 17 13 10 4 6 0 11 6 9 3 2 4 6 7 4 29
10 Ypiranga Erechim 19 7 7 5 25 20 10 5 3 2 19 12 9 2 4 3 6 8 5 28
11 EC Sao Jose 19 7 5 7 33 27 9 6 2 1 20 8 10 1 3 6 13 19 6 26
12 Remo 19 7 5 7 25 22 10 6 3 1 20 9 9 1 2 6 5 13 3 26
13 Manaus 19 6 7 6 16 21 10 4 5 1 11 7 9 2 2 5 5 14 -5 25
14 Confianca 19 6 5 8 12 17 10 6 2 2 11 7 9 0 3 6 1 10 -5 23
15 Floresta 19 6 5 8 17 25 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 4 1 5 8 14 -8 23
16 Altos 19 6 3 10 21 31 9 5 1 3 11 10 10 1 2 7 10 21 -10 21
17 Uniclinic 19 5 4 10 17 35 9 2 3 4 8 9 10 3 1 6 9 26 -18 19
18 Brasil de Pelotas 19 4 5 10 19 29 10 4 3 3 12 9 9 0 2 7 7 20 -10 17
19 Ferroviario 19 5 1 13 15 27 9 4 1 4 8 9 10 1 0 9 7 18 -12 16
20 Campinense 19 4 4 11 15 28 9 2 2 5 8 11 10 2 2 6 7 17 -13 16

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 Auto Esporte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Botafogo PB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Campinense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 Queimadense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 CSP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sao Paulo Crystal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
5 Nacional de Patos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Serra Branca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sousa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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