Portuguesa and Botafogo SP supporters have their best supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Paulista A1 season. Let's go!
Portuguesa form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Portuguesa as they were promoted from Paulista A2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 15 games. The team scored 12 goals at home last season and conceded 4. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portuguesa as they are travelling to their away game against Ituano in the Paulista A1. That match is four days after this one.
Botafogo SP form and stats
A job perfectly done for Botafogo SP last season as they secured promotion from Serie C. With a grand total of 10 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 4 were in away matches.
It's a day of discovery for Botafogo SP 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 SP have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Botafogo SP has scored {2 goals} and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - zero - four (Portuguesa wins - draws - Botafogo SP wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Vertuoso 7 goals |  M. Costa 4 goals |
Portuguesa missing players
Botafogo SP missing players
| Portuguesa | Botafogo SP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |
| Portuguesa | Last season | Botafogo SP | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 29% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 10% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 33% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 62% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 19% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Portuguesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Santo André | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | São Bernardo | 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 | Portuguesa | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Oeste | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | XV de Piracicaba | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Rio Claro | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | São Bento | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | CA Linense | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Velo Clube | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Primavera SP | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | EC Lemense | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Juventus | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Sao Caetano | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Portuguesa Santista | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Monte Azul | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Taubate | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Osasco Audax | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | RB Brasil | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 7 |
