Season ticket holders at Estádio Nilton Santos haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Botafogo languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Ceará will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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 Ceará.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have played 9 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Botafogo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Cuiaba. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 versus Goias.
This is expected to be a close game, with Botafogo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botafogo as a small favourite), we find five games. Botafogo has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.
The manager B. Lazaroni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cuiaba in only three days.
Botafogo have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Botafogo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ceará form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ceará so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Santos (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The Copa do Brasil match ended in a draw 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Coritiba in the Serie A.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ceará playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Ceará wins, one draw and three defeats.
After this away game Ceará return home for a Copa do Brasil game against Santos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ceará have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. In the opposite end, Ceará have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Botafogo won two, Ceará won two and six draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 6 goals |  C. Souza e Silva 4 goals | M. Barcelos da Silva 4 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Ceará missing players
| Botafogo | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 82% |
| 41% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 24% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 71% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 242 | 135 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 99 | 214 |
| 68 | 39 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 36 | 73 |
| 25% | 21% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | 29% |
- Botafogo has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Santos | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Gremio | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Ceará | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Sport Recife | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Bragantino | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Botafogo | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 18 | Atletico PR | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 11 |