All you need to know about the Serie A match América Mineiro - Botafogo!
- América Mineiro have won all their matches at home so far.
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (5) in Serie A
América have less rest than Botafogo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Libertadores game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Deportes Tolima, so at least América Mineiro are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
América Mineiro form and stats
As mentioned below, América Mineiro are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Serie A games. Two home wins in a row for América Mineiro bring valid hopes of a third.
The América Mineiro coach Mancini and his players return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Deportes Tolima in the Copa Libertadores. Lopes (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Lopes scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Coritiba (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with América Mineiro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with América Mineiro as a small favourite), we find 4 games. América has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.
América Mineiro are traveling soon after this match as the Copa Libertadores match at Independiente del Valle awaits in four days.
América Mineiro has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo are happy with their away performances in the Serie A so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
de Paula and Erison scored in Botafogo's previous match, the home game against Fortaleza that ended 3-1. Defender Cuesta was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Cuesta served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Botafogo, 7 draws and 1 defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy Botafogo's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (América wins - draws - Botafogo wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.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 | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 7.2 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.7 | 13.8 |
| 4.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 26% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 33% |
| 16.2 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| 6.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
- América Mineiro have won all their matches at home so far.
- América Mineiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo have not yet lost a game away.
- Botafogo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (5) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Serie A
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Coritiba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Avai | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | América Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Goias | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Flamengo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Juventude | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Atletico PR | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Ceará | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
