Botafogo vs Cruzeiro match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Fri 01.November
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 18th place.

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.

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Botafogo form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Botafogo have managed 7 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

Botafogo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Cruzeiro (placed 18th). Heartbreak before that as Botafogo lost 0-3 at Gremio's place.

Botafogo has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 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 12 from 13 matches.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

There's been little loot from Cruzeiro's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Serie A. Cruzeiro only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cruzeiro, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Cruzeiro play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Botafogo (placed 14th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Fortaleza.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cruzeiro have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Botafogo - Cruzeiro 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Botafogo victory, 4 draws and 5 Cruzeiro wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 8 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CruzeiroThiago Neves
Thiago Neves
6 goals
CruzeiroFred
Fred
5 goals
BotafogoAlex Santana
Alex Santana
3 goals

Botafogo missing players

Cruzeiro missing players

Botafogo Cruzeiro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 15 29
10 7 1 Won W 0 2 7
3 1 1 Drew D 4 6 11
16 6 1 Lost L 1 7 11
25 15 2 Scored S 5 13 25
35 14 2 Conceded C 8 22 35
90% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 87% 83%
55% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 66%
38% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 34%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 27% 17%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 7%
34% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 60% 52%
24% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 34%
52% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 31%
 
3.7 4.9 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.4 4.5 4.7
6.6 5.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.6 6 5
2.5 3 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botafogo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Botafogo
All Carioca 1 Copa do Brasil Serie A Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away Home vs low
13-10-19 SA Palmeiras 1 - 0 Botafogo
17-10-19 SA Vasco da Gama 2 - 1 Botafogo
22-10-19 SA Botafogo 2 - 1 CSA
27-10-19 SA Gremio 3 - 0 Botafogo
01-11-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 2 Cruzeiro
03-11-19 SA Santos 23:00 Botafogo
08-11-19 SA Botafogo 00:00 Flamengo
12-11-19 SA Botafogo - Avaí
17-11-19 SA Athletico PR 20:00 Botafogo
24-11-19 SA Botafogo 20:00 Corinthians
Cruzeiro
All M1 CL CDB SA CF
All Home Away Away vs low
14-10-19 SA Chapecoense 1 - 1 Cruzeiro
17-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 0 São Paulo
20-10-19 SA Corinthians 1 - 2 Cruzeiro
27-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 1 Fortaleza
01-11-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 2 Cruzeiro
03-11-19 SA Cruzeiro 23:00 Bahia
07-11-19 SA Athletico PR 01:30 Cruzeiro
10-11-19 SA Cruzeiro 20:00 Atlético Mineiro
19-11-19 SA Cruzeiro - Avaí
24-11-19 SA Santos 01:00 Cruzeiro

  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 29 21 5 3 60 24 14 13 1 0 35 10 15 8 4 3 25 14 36 68
2 Palmeiras 29 17 9 3 47 22 14 11 3 0 31 6 15 6 6 3 16 16 25 60
3 Santos 29 16 7 6 39 26 14 10 3 1 29 12 15 6 4 5 10 14 13 55
4 São Paulo 29 13 10 6 29 20 15 8 6 1 20 8 14 5 4 5 9 12 9 49
5 Gremio 29 13 8 8 50 31 14 8 3 3 29 16 15 5 5 5 21 15 19 47
6 Internacional 28 13 6 9 35 27 14 9 4 1 20 8 14 4 2 8 14 18 8 45
7 Corinthians 29 11 12 6 31 22 15 8 6 1 18 9 14 3 6 5 13 13 9 45
8 Athletico PR 28 12 6 10 43 31 14 8 2 4 21 11 14 4 4 6 21 19 12 42
9 Bahia 29 11 8 10 32 28 15 7 4 4 20 14 14 4 4 6 12 14 4 41
10 Goiás 29 11 6 12 32 45 14 8 3 3 21 13 15 3 3 9 11 32 -13 39
11 Vasco da Gama 29 10 8 11 27 35 15 6 4 5 16 18 14 4 4 6 11 17 -8 38
12 Fortaleza 29 10 5 14 34 39 14 7 1 6 16 13 15 3 4 8 18 26 -5 35
13 Atlético Mineiro 29 10 5 14 34 41 15 7 2 6 22 21 14 3 3 8 12 20 -7 35
14 Botafogo 28 10 3 15 25 34 13 7 1 5 15 12 15 3 2 10 10 21 -9 33
15 Ceará 29 9 6 14 30 30 15 7 4 4 19 11 14 2 2 10 11 19 0 33
16 Fluminense 29 8 6 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 16 14 14 3 2 9 13 27 -12 30
17 CSA 29 7 8 14 20 41 15 6 5 4 15 16 14 1 3 10 5 25 -21 29
18 Cruzeiro 28 6 11 11 24 35 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 1 6 7 11 22 -11 29
19 Chapecoense 29 4 9 16 24 43 14 2 5 7 12 17 15 2 4 9 12 26 -19 21
20 Avaí 29 3 8 18 15 45 15 1 7 7 8 20 14 2 1 11 7 25 -30 17

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