Delightful dogfight as daring Botafogo duels with determined Athletico PR

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (46931 seats)

Botafogo and Athletico PR have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie A.

Botafogo and Athletico PR should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Botafogo form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Botafogo have to build on here at Estádio Nilton Santos. With Botafogo having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Eduardo Barroca.

A good away victory last time out for Botafogo, who won 2-0 against Avaí. Prior to that, an away loss at Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Sudamericana.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botafogo handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D0-L0.

Botafogo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nilton Santos with only 5 goals from 6 games. Botafogo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Nilton Santos, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Athletico PR form and stats

Athletico PR, who have the most scored goals (11) away in Serie A, have only collected 7 points from their away games after 2-1-4 (7 played).

Athletico PR play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Boca Juniors. Prior to that result Athletico PR won their away game at Cruzeiro in the Serie A. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Athletico PR have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W0-D1-L5.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa do Brasil trip to Grêmio.

The travelling fans enjoy Athletico PR's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 away matches. As opposed to that, Athletico PR have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Botafogo, 1 draw and 6 wins for Athletico PR. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

Alex Santana
3 goals
Marcelo Cirino
3 goals / 1 assists
Rony
3 goals / 2 assists

Botafogo missing players

Athletico PR missing players

Botafogo Athletico PR
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played 1 7 12
6 3 1 Won 0 2 6
1 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
6 3 1 Lost 1 4 5
12 5 3 Scored 1 11 20
12 5 3 Conceded 2 9 12
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 17% 50% Over 1.5 100% 86% 75%
23% 17% 50% Over 2.5 100% 57% 50%
15% 17% 50% Over 3.5 0% 29% 25%
15% 17% 50% Over 4.5 0% 14% 17%
23% 17% 50% BTTS 100% 57% 42%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 29% 42%
46% 50% 50% Failed To Score 0% 14% 17%
 
3.5 4.5 3.5 Corners For (avg) 7 4.9 5.2
6.9 6 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 3 3.6 3
2.6 3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.4 2.1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Athletico PR have scored at least twice as many goals away as Botafogo have scored home.
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Botafogo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Botafogo
All Carioca 1 Copa do Brasil Serie A Carioca 1 - Taca Rio Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
21-07-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 1 Santos
25-07-19 CS Botafogo 0 - 1 Atlético Mineiro
28-07-19 SA Flamengo 3 - 2 Botafogo
01-08-19 CS Atlético Mineiro 2 - 0 Botafogo
04-08-19 SA Avaí 0 - 2 Botafogo
11-08-19 SA Botafogo 19:00 Athletico PR
17-08-19 SA Corinthians 20:00 Botafogo
26-08-19 SA Botafogo 23:00 Chapecoense
01-09-19 SA Internacional - Botafogo
08-09-19 SA Botafogo 19:00 Atlético Mineiro
Athletico PR
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Recopa Sudamericana Paranaense 1 Serie A Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
18-07-19 CDB Flamengo 1 - 1 Athletico PR
20-07-19 SA CSA 0 - 4 Athletico PR
25-07-19 CL Athletico PR 0 - 1 Boca Juniors
27-07-19 SA Cruzeiro 0 - 2 Athletico PR
01-08-19 CL Boca Juniors 2 - 0 Athletico PR
11-08-19 SA Botafogo 19:00 Athletico PR
15-08-19 CDB Grêmio 00:30 Athletico PR
17-08-19 SA Athletico PR 22:00 Atlético Mineiro
21-08-19 SA Athletico PR 22:15 São Paulo
24-08-19 SA Grêmio 20:00 Athletico PR

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Santos 13 10 2 1 23 9 7 6 1 0 18 4 6 4 1 1 5 5 14 32
2 Palmeiras 13 8 4 1 21 7 6 5 1 0 13 1 7 3 3 1 8 6 14 28
3 Flamengo 13 7 3 3 25 16 6 6 0 0 19 7 7 1 3 3 6 9 9 24
4 Atlético Mineiro 13 7 3 3 20 14 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 24
5 Corinthians 13 6 5 2 15 8 7 4 3 0 7 2 6 2 2 2 8 6 7 23
6 São Paulo 12 5 6 1 15 7 6 2 4 0 9 3 6 3 2 1 6 4 8 21
7 Internacional 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 6 1 0 14 4 6 0 1 5 2 8 4 20
8 Athletico PR 12 6 1 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 9 3 7 2 1 4 11 9 8 19
9 Bahia 13 5 4 4 14 12 7 5 1 1 11 5 6 0 3 3 3 7 2 19
10 Botafogo 13 6 1 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 5 5 7 3 1 3 7 7 0 19
11 Ceará 13 5 2 6 15 12 7 4 1 2 11 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 3 17
12 Grêmio 13 4 5 4 16 16 6 3 1 2 12 11 7 1 4 2 4 5 0 17
13 Goiás 13 5 2 6 13 22 6 4 1 1 9 5 7 1 1 5 4 17 -9 17
14 Fortaleza 13 4 2 7 14 20 6 3 1 2 8 7 7 1 1 5 6 13 -6 14
15 Vasco da Gama 13 3 5 5 12 18 7 3 3 1 8 6 6 0 2 4 4 12 -6 14
16 Fluminense 13 3 3 7 18 22 7 2 2 3 8 7 6 1 1 4 10 15 -4 12
17 Chapecoense 13 2 4 7 14 23 7 1 3 3 7 9 6 1 1 4 7 14 -9 10
18 Cruzeiro 13 2 4 7 9 20 6 2 2 2 4 5 7 0 2 5 5 15 -11 10
19 CSA 13 1 5 7 3 20 7 1 3 3 3 9 6 0 2 4 0 11 -17 8
20 Avaí 13 0 5 8 5 18 6 0 4 2 2 5 7 0 1 6 3 13 -13 5

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