Botafogo - Bragantino: Small difference between teams in Serie A clash

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 26.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

Data, recent trends, game results, form, head to head, lineups and a lot else: Here's all you need to know about Botafogo - Bragantino!

Insights:
  • Bragantino have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Botafogo nor Bragantino as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Botafogo form and stats

Botafogo's struggle is real here at Estádio Nilton Santos with only 16 points collected from 16 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-4-8. Botafogo are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Nilton Santos, having lost their two previous games here.

Botafogo shared the glory with Fluminense in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A disappointing finish for Botafogo in their match versus Fluminense as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. The versatile forward Santos bettered all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Santos signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Internacional (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Botafogo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 20 league games, 15 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Botafogo have scored {13 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot.

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Bragantino form and stats

There's been little loot from Bragantino's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games in the Serie A. Bragantino only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 6 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Bragantino are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Bragantino are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the game against Athletico PR (placed 6th). A stark raving crazy game with plenty of goals last time out for Bragantino, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this fixture be as enjoying? Cândido was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.32. The defender Cândido scored two goals and won 6 of 13 duels.

A loss against Santos was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Bragantino in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Bragantino, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bragantino have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bragantino's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other already this season, with the result Bragantino - Botafogo 0-1 registered in the official records. Botafogo-Bragantino H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Botafogo three wins, Bragantino two wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BragantinoL. Candido de Almeida
L. Candido de Almeida
9 goals
BotafogoE. de Souza
E. de Souza
7 goals
BragantinoA. Barra Mansa Realino de Souza
A. Barra Mansa Realino de Souza
6 goals

Botafogo missing players

Bragantino missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botafogo Bragantino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
12 4 2 Won W 1 2 10
8 4 1 Drew D 2 6 11
13 8 1 Lost L 1 8 12
34 13 4 Scored S 6 17 45
37 16 2 Conceded C 6 27 45
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
58% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 79%
33% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 48%
27% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 27%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
42% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 58%
27% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 21%
36% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 24%
 
4.6 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.1 6
5.3 5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.8 6
2.6 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
13.9 14.2 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.2 15.1
4.8 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.8
21% 19% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 28%
 
13.4 12.3 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 16.1 13.4
4.4 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.3 4.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bragantino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bragantino have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Serie A

  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 33 20 11 2 56 21 17 11 4 2 33 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 35 71
2 Internacional 33 16 13 4 50 29 16 10 5 1 33 13 17 6 8 3 17 16 21 61
3 Flamengo 33 17 7 9 53 30 16 10 3 3 32 9 17 7 4 6 21 21 23 58
4 Corinthians 32 16 9 7 39 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 16 5 5 6 16 22 9 57
5 Fluminense 33 16 7 10 53 40 17 10 3 4 33 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 55
6 Athletico PR 33 14 9 10 40 40 16 9 6 1 24 12 17 5 3 9 16 28 0 51
7 Atletico Mineiro 32 12 11 9 38 33 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 6 6 4 17 17 5 47
8 Sao Paulo 33 11 14 8 46 35 16 7 5 4 28 17 17 4 9 4 18 18 11 47
9 America Mineiro 33 13 6 14 31 34 17 8 3 6 20 17 16 5 3 8 11 17 -3 45
10 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
11 Botafogo 33 12 8 13 34 37 16 4 4 8 13 16 17 8 4 5 21 21 -3 44
12 Santos 33 11 10 12 38 30 17 8 4 5 27 16 16 3 6 7 11 14 8 43
13 Bragantino 33 10 11 12 45 45 17 8 5 4 28 18 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 41
14 Goias 32 10 11 11 35 41 15 5 6 4 17 16 17 5 5 7 18 25 -6 41
15 Coritiba 33 10 5 18 33 53 17 10 3 4 22 14 16 0 2 14 11 39 -20 35
16 Ceara 33 6 16 11 29 34 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 3 8 5 13 14 -5 34
17 Atletico GO 33 8 9 16 33 49 17 6 4 7 19 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -16 33
18 Cuiaba 33 7 10 16 25 37 16 4 7 5 13 13 17 3 3 11 12 24 -12 31
19 Avai 33 7 7 19 28 55 17 6 4 7 21 24 16 1 3 12 7 31 -27 28
20 Juventude 33 3 12 18 26 60 17 2 8 7 16 24 16 1 4 11 10 36 -34 21

Table
  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 33 20 11 2 56 21 17 11 4 2 33 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 35 71
2 Internacional 33 16 13 4 50 29 16 10 5 1 33 13 17 6 8 3 17 16 21 61
3 Flamengo 33 17 7 9 53 30 16 10 3 3 32 9 17 7 4 6 21 21 23 58
4 Corinthians 32 16 9 7 39 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 16 5 5 6 16 22 9 57
5 Fluminense 33 16 7 10 53 40 17 10 3 4 33 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 55
6 Athletico PR 33 14 9 10 40 40 16 9 6 1 24 12 17 5 3 9 16 28 0 51
7 Atletico Mineiro 32 12 11 9 38 33 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 6 6 4 17 17 5 47
8 Sao Paulo 33 11 14 8 46 35 16 7 5 4 28 17 17 4 9 4 18 18 11 47
9 America Mineiro 33 13 6 14 31 34 17 8 3 6 20 17 16 5 3 8 11 17 -3 45
10 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
11 Botafogo 33 12 8 13 34 37 16 4 4 8 13 16 17 8 4 5 21 21 -3 44
12 Santos 33 11 10 12 38 30 17 8 4 5 27 16 16 3 6 7 11 14 8 43
13 Bragantino 33 10 11 12 45 45 17 8 5 4 28 18 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 41
14 Goias 32 10 11 11 35 41 15 5 6 4 17 16 17 5 5 7 18 25 -6 41
15 Coritiba 33 10 5 18 33 53 17 10 3 4 22 14 16 0 2 14 11 39 -20 35
16 Ceara 33 6 16 11 29 34 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 3 8 5 13 14 -5 34
17 Atletico GO 33 8 9 16 33 49 17 6 4 7 19 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -16 33
18 Cuiaba 33 7 10 16 25 37 16 4 7 5 13 13 17 3 3 11 12 24 -12 31
19 Avai 33 7 7 19 28 55 17 6 4 7 21 24 16 1 3 12 7 31 -27 28
20 Juventude 33 3 12 18 26 60 17 2 8 7 16 24 16 1 4 11 10 36 -34 21

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.