Botafogo are stalking the top positions while Coritiba are more worried about avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Serie A
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Botafogo form and stats
Home games in the Serie A have been a walk in the park for Botafogo so far, with 24 points won from 8 matches; 8 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Sao Paulo here at Estádio Nilton Santos, Botafogo has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with eight wins in a row.
The home team returns to Estádio Nilton Santos after drawing with Santos (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Santos as Adryelson's goal in the 87th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Soares, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Soares scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A 1-1 scoreline against Patronato before that, played at their own home stadium in the Copa Sudamericana.
It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Botafogo as they have a new game in only three days, a Copa Sudamericana match thankfully also at home. Guarani are visiting.
Botafogo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 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 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
262 minutes! That's how long the Coritiba goalkeeper Gabriel Vasconelos Ferreira and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Coritiba won their last game, 2-0 versus Fluminense played at home. Kuscevic, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Kuscevic won 4 of 5 duels.
A 0-0 draw at Cruzeiro's stadium before that.The Coritiba manager Zago has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels. Coritiba has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Botafogo wins - draws - Coritiba wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 11 goals |   R. dos Santos Fernandes 5 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 4 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Coritiba missing players
| Botafogo | Coritiba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 88% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 31% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 17.1 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.9 | 12.5 |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 34% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 21% | 19% |
| 13.6 | 11.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.2 | 17.2 | 15.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Botafogo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (10) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points (24) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+19) in Serie A
- Botafogo have won all their matches at home so far.
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A
- Coritiba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Coritiba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie A
- Coritiba have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Botafogo | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Gremio | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Internacional | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 12 | Cuiaba | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Atletico Mineiro | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 14 | Santos | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Goias | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Bahia | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 11 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
