Showdown between Botafogo - Coritiba! Forget the ups and downs, this fixture could be immense!
- Coritiba have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Coritiba when visiting Botafogo as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Botafogo and Coritiba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Botafogo form and stats
With 3 Serie A wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Botafogo are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Botafogo drew their last game, also a home match. America Mineiro (placed 8th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Marçal, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Marçal hit five key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Fortaleza and winning 3-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Botafogo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.
It should be added that a look at the 13 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Botafogo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Botafogo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Coritiba form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Coritiba so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Coritiba as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Ceara match.
Impressive finishing from Manga and Daniel secured the home win 2-0 against Atletico GO in their previous game. Vasconcelos (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.7. Vasconcelos topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-2 defeat away at America Mineiro before that.We have checked recent matches where Coritiba have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Coritiba when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Coritiba have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Coritiba - Botafogo 1-0 was the result in these participants' previous h2h match, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Botafogo victories, four draws and two Coritiba wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. de Souza 7 goals |  L. Gamalho de Souza 7 goals |  A. Mangueira Severino Pereira 5 goals |
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| Botafogo | Coritiba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 30 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 29 | 41 |
| 92% | 85% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 46% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 92% | 73% |
| 31% | 23% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 58% | 46% |
| 27% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 23% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 12% |
| 42% | 38% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 58% | 46% |
| 23% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 42% | 46% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 14.3 | 14.9 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 13.6 | 13.8 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 19% | 17% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 24% | 27% |
| 13.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17.9 | 15.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
- Coritiba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Coritiba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Coritiba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coritiba have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie A
- Coritiba have the fewest points (2) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals (29) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have yet to win a game away.
- Coritiba 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 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 54 |
| 2 | Internacional | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 45 |
| 5 | Corinthians | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | Goias | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Santos | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 14 | Ceara | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -13 | 28 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Avaí | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -14 | 25 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -24 | 18 |
