A total of 20 rounds of fixtures are finished and Botafogo are 0 points in front of Ceará. What will happen?
- Botafogo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Ceará when visiting Botafogo as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at São Paulo. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Botafogo form and stats
Overall Serie A stats playing at home this season for Botafogo are 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Botafogo lost their last game at Corinthians (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Tchê was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.32 (out of ten) in that game. Tchê dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 50 successful passes (of 55 total).
Ahead of that match, Botafogo won a home game hosting Atletico PR (2-0).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 1 and lost 4.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 most recent league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.
10 goals have been conceded.
Ceará form and stats
3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ceará in their Serie A matches away.
Two away games in a row for Ceará, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana.
The game before that, in the Serie A, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Palmeiras.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Ceará in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Ceará, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 10 of this club's last 13 league rounds have had two goals or less.
After this away game Ceará return home for a Copa Sudamericana game against São Paulo. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ceará are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other previously this match year: Ceará - Botafogo 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Botafogo victories, six draws and two Ceará wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals | V. Soares dos Santos 2 goals | M. Carli 1 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Ceará missing players
| Botafogo | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 85% |
| 60% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 60% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 35% |
| 25% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 40% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13.8 | 14.9 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.6 | 14.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 20% | 22% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 21% | 20% |
| 14.2 | 11.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.1 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botafogo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Atletico PR | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Internacional | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 9 | Santos | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Goias | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Ceará | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Avaí | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Fortaleza | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Juventude | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 16 |
