Botafogo fights Ceara in Serie A battle

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Botafogo are in the 13th position while the guests worry at 16th.

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.

Ceará have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Botafogo can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Ceará are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Botafogo form and stats

Botafogo have collected 28 points from their Serie A home games so far after 9-1-8.

Rhuan was the last player to score a league goal for Botafogo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Botafogo haven't scored in 217 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Botafogo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Atlético Mineiro (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Botafogo lost 0-1 at home to Internacional.

Botafogo's goalkeeper Roberto Fernández was extremely busy against Atlético Mineiro, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 6 saves.

Botafogo has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Botafogo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches.

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Ceará form and stats

There's been little loot from Ceará's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Ceará only have 2 wins to counter their 14 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Ceará as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Bahia match.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Corinthians with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Athletico PR.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ceará as they have only managed to score 12 times from 18 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Ceará have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Ceará - Botafogo 0-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Botafogo won 2 games, 6 matches ended with a draw and Ceará has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

BotafogoAlex Santana
Alex Santana
3 goals
CearáChico
Chico
3 goals

Botafogo missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botafogo Ceará
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
13 9 2 Won W 1 2 10
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 8
21 8 2 Lost L 3 14 19
30 18 4 Scored S 3 12 35
44 16 4 Conceded C 5 26 40
92% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
51% 44% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 57%
32% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 38%
14% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
30% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 43%
27% 28% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
51% 44% 60% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 43%
 
3.9 4.4 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 6.3 7
6.9 6.2 3.4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.2 5.9 5.1
2.6 3.2 2.6 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.2 2.3
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
364 205 75 Total Shots T S 72 204 488
122 68 21 Shots on Target S O 30 75 180
25% 26% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 16% 19%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Botafogo has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
  • Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ceará has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Ceará have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ceará have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 37 28 6 3 86 33 19 17 2 0 56 18 18 11 4 3 30 15 53 90
2 Santos 37 21 8 8 56 33 18 13 4 1 40 15 19 8 4 7 16 18 23 71
3 Palmeiras 37 20 11 6 59 32 19 13 4 2 40 13 18 7 7 4 19 19 27 71
4 Grêmio 37 19 8 10 62 36 19 12 3 4 38 18 18 7 5 6 24 18 26 65
5 Athletico PR 37 18 9 10 51 32 19 12 3 4 26 11 18 6 6 6 25 21 19 63
6 São Paulo 37 16 12 9 37 29 19 10 6 3 23 12 18 6 6 6 14 17 8 60
7 Corinthians 37 14 14 9 41 32 18 10 7 1 24 11 19 4 7 8 17 21 9 56
8 Internacional 37 15 9 13 42 38 18 10 6 2 26 14 19 5 3 11 16 24 4 54
9 Fortaleza 37 14 8 15 48 48 18 10 2 6 24 16 19 4 6 9 24 32 0 50
10 Goiás 37 14 7 16 43 62 18 10 3 5 28 21 19 4 4 11 15 41 -19 49
11 Bahia 37 12 13 12 43 41 19 7 8 4 24 18 18 5 5 8 19 23 2 49
12 Atlético Mineiro 37 13 9 15 44 47 19 10 2 7 28 23 18 3 7 8 16 24 -3 48
13 Vasco da Gama 37 12 12 13 38 44 18 7 5 6 19 21 19 5 7 7 19 23 -6 48
14 Fluminense 37 11 10 16 36 45 19 6 7 6 18 15 18 5 3 10 18 30 -9 43
15 Botafogo 37 13 3 21 30 44 18 9 1 8 18 16 19 4 2 13 12 28 -14 42
16 Ceará 37 10 8 19 35 40 19 8 6 5 23 14 18 2 2 14 12 26 -5 38
17 Cruzeiro 37 7 15 15 27 44 18 5 8 5 13 15 19 2 7 10 14 29 -17 36
18 CSA 37 8 8 21 23 56 18 6 5 7 16 22 19 2 3 14 7 34 -33 32
19 Chapecoense 37 7 10 20 30 51 19 4 5 10 16 22 18 3 5 10 14 29 -21 31
20 Avaí 37 3 10 24 18 62 18 1 8 9 10 24 19 2 2 15 8 38 -44 19

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 Flamengo 37 28 6 3 86 33 19 17 2 0 56 18 18 11 4 3 30 15 53 90
2 Santos 37 21 8 8 56 33 18 13 4 1 40 15 19 8 4 7 16 18 23 71
3 Palmeiras 37 20 11 6 59 32 19 13 4 2 40 13 18 7 7 4 19 19 27 71
4 Grêmio 37 19 8 10 62 36 19 12 3 4 38 18 18 7 5 6 24 18 26 65
5 Athletico PR 37 18 9 10 51 32 19 12 3 4 26 11 18 6 6 6 25 21 19 63
6 São Paulo 37 16 12 9 37 29 19 10 6 3 23 12 18 6 6 6 14 17 8 60
7 Corinthians 37 14 14 9 41 32 18 10 7 1 24 11 19 4 7 8 17 21 9 56
8 Internacional 37 15 9 13 42 38 18 10 6 2 26 14 19 5 3 11 16 24 4 54
9 Fortaleza 37 14 8 15 48 48 18 10 2 6 24 16 19 4 6 9 24 32 0 50
10 Goiás 37 14 7 16 43 62 18 10 3 5 28 21 19 4 4 11 15 41 -19 49
11 Bahia 37 12 13 12 43 41 19 7 8 4 24 18 18 5 5 8 19 23 2 49
12 Atlético Mineiro 37 13 9 15 44 47 19 10 2 7 28 23 18 3 7 8 16 24 -3 48
13 Vasco da Gama 37 12 12 13 38 44 18 7 5 6 19 21 19 5 7 7 19 23 -6 48
14 Fluminense 37 11 10 16 36 45 19 6 7 6 18 15 18 5 3 10 18 30 -9 43
15 Botafogo 37 13 3 21 30 44 18 9 1 8 18 16 19 4 2 13 12 28 -14 42
16 Ceará 37 10 8 19 35 40 19 8 6 5 23 14 18 2 2 14 12 26 -5 38
17 Cruzeiro 37 7 15 15 27 44 18 5 8 5 13 15 19 2 7 10 14 29 -17 36
18 CSA 37 8 8 21 23 56 18 6 5 7 16 22 19 2 3 14 7 34 -33 32
19 Chapecoense 37 7 10 20 30 51 19 4 5 10 16 22 18 3 5 10 14 29 -21 31
20 Avaí 37 3 10 24 18 62 18 1 8 9 10 24 19 2 2 15 8 38 -44 19

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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.