The fresh new season is about to begin and the regulars are trembling with anticipation. It’s all to play for as Botafogo greet Corinthians for the opening match at Estádio Nilton Santos. Keep reading!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Botafogo form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Botafogo as they were promoted from Carioca 1 last season. Happy days that were secured through 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from eleven games. The team scored 16 goals at home last season and conceded 6. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Corinthians form and stats
A job perfectly done for Corinthians last season as they secured promotion from Paulista A1. With a grand total of 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 3 were in away matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Corinthians are hosting Deportivo Cali in the Copa Libertadores only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Botafogo wins - draws - Corinthians wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Botafogo missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Botafogo | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Botafogo | Last season | Corinthians | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 62% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 62% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 43% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 14% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 7.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 5 | ||
| 49% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 12 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | América Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlético GO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Avai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ceara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Coritiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Goias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Internacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Juventude | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Palmeiras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sao Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Fluminense | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Botafogo | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Nova Iguacu | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Portuguesa RJ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Resende | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 8 | Audax Rio | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Madureira | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 10 | Boavista | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Bangu | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 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 | Corinthians | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 3 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 4 | Agua Santa | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |