It's early days in the Serie A and both Botafogo and Atlético Mineiro are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Botafogo and Atlético Mineiro.
Botafogo form and stats
The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Botafogo has four draws from their last four matches.
The home team returns to Estádio Nilton Santos after being equal after 90 minutes with Fortaleza (placed 19th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. Before that, Botafogo played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Bragantino.
The manager P. Autuori de Mello will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Flamengo in only four days.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. In general it has been a productive period now for Atlético as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Atlético Mineiro has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The supporters enjoyed Atlético's previous game versus Ceará (placed 18th), a Serie A 2-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Corinthians.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Internacional.
1 goal so far away for Atlético Mineiro, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Botafogo won two, Atlético Mineiro won six and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Dalmoro 2 goals |  M. da Silva Liberato 2 goals |   M. Barcelos da Silva 1 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Botafogo | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 4.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 41 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| Botafogo | Last season | Atlético Mineiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 54% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 23% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 42% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 54% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 46% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 155 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 176 | ||
| 54 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 74 | ||
| 28% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Bahia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Atlético GO | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sport Recife | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Palmeiras | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Bragantino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Goiás | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ceará | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Boavista | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Bangu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Portuguesa RJ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Cabofriense | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 0 |