Serie A: The average league table spots tell a story of the journey Botafogo and América Mineiro have been on so far. Both sides are ready for the match; let's go!
- América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Serie A
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Botafogo form and stats
With 3 Serie A wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Botafogo are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Botafogo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fortaleza's place. The match ended 3-1 with Marçal and Eduardo (2) scoring. Sweet to taste a league win after five fixtures without one. Marçal, defender, was given a rating of 8.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Marçal scored one goal, hit seven key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Flamengo that was lost 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botafogo handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be noted that a peek at the 16 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Botafogo here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
América Mineiro form and stats
There's been little loot from América Mineiro's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Serie A. América Mineiro only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
América Mineiro won their last game, 2-0 versus Coritiba played at home. Matheusinho got a match rating of 7.74 in that game, top player of the team. Matheusinho scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Atlético Mineiro.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 3 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from América's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. América Mineiro have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: América Mineiro - Botafogo 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Botafogo three wins, two draws and América Mineiro five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. de Souza 7 goals |   H. Almeida Caixeta Nascentes 4 goals |  P. Pereira Lopes 4 goals |
Botafogo missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Botafogo | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 25 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 30 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 60% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 42% | 52% |
| 32% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 25% | 28% |
| 28% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 44% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 32% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 40% | 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 58% | 44% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 20% | 19% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 12% | 19% |
| 14 | 12 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 17.2 | 15.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
- América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Serie A
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 4 | Internacional | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 42 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | América Mineiro | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Santos | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 32 |
| 11 | Goias | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 13 | Botafogo | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Ceara | 25 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | Avai | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 18 |
