National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Botafogo U20 or Resende U20 that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Botafogo U20 form and stats
Last season, Botafogo U20's Sao Paolo Youth Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.This match is a Sao Paolo Youth Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Botafogo U20 manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Taubate U20 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sao Jose PA U20 (after extra-time, 9-8 on penalties) that ended 0-0.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 six games) they have won one time, drawn four and lost one.
Resende U20 form and stats
Last season their Sao Paolo Youth Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Sao Paolo Youth Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Resende U20, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Corinthians U20 in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup last time out. Late drama in the previous game, when Stanici scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Corinthians U20.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fortaleza U20 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).We have checked recent matches where Resende U20 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, zero draws and one defeat.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Botafogo three wins, one draw and Resende U20 two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Botafogo U20 missing players
Resende U20 missing players
| Botafogo U20 | Resende U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 43% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
