High flying Atlético Mineiro land at Botafogo after their 0-2-result vs Flamengo. Get out our full match preview!
- Botafogo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
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 form and stats
Botafogo's results here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the Serie A have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Botafogo's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-2 against América Mineiro (in Copa do Brasil). The gifted forward Nascimento outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Nascimento hit one key pass.
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Cuiaba.The manager de Castro will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Santos in only three days.
Botafogo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
2-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlético Mineiro in their Serie A matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Atlético Mineiro, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil.
A draw for Atlético before that, at their own venue hosting Sao Paulo (0-0).The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Cuiaba.
The visiting Atlético Mineiro have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Atlético Mineiro in these games.
Head 2 Head
Botafogo-Atlético Mineiro H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Botafogo three wins, Atlético Mineiro six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals | E. de Souza 3 goals | V. Soares dos Santos 2 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Botafogo | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 21 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 81% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 75% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 4.6 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 14.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21.5 | 14.9 | 16.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 24% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 30% |
| 13.6 | 10.3 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 11.9 | 10 |
| 5.2 | 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botafogo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (9) 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 | Palmeiras | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Internacional | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 21 |
| 12 | Goias | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Cuiaba | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Coritiba | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Avai | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | Ceara | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 19 | Juventude | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 12 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 11 |
