A short peek at the Serie A table indicate an upper hand to Flamengo when they come to Botafogo. Nevertheless; let's play the match before we award the win!
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Serie A
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Flamengo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four sleeps ago. That game, against São Paulo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Flamengo.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have played 11 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Botafogo.
Botafogo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Juventude that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach de Castro made a successful contribution in the game against Juventude, bringing on Pires who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Jeffinho got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Jeffinho served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 11 times and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that, Botafogo drew at home versus Atletico GO.It should be added that a look at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Botafogo here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games).
Flamengo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Flamengo, whose boss Júnior could celebrate last time after the Copa do Brasil win against São Paulo. Pereira, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Pereira won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that, Flamengo travelled to Palmeiras and returned home with a draw after the Serie A game finished 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa Libertadores trip to Velez Sarsfield.
Flamengo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 15 goals have been conceded by Flamengo in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved met each other before this match year: Flamengo - Botafogo 0-1. Botafogo-Flamengo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Botafogo two wins, Flamengo seven wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 9 goals |   M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals | G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti 5 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Botafogo | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 38 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 61% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 30% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 48% |
| 26% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 26% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 43% |
| 22% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 35% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 14.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.5 | 15.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 20% | 20% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 24% | 29% |
| 14.2 | 12.5 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 13.7 | 11.4 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie A
- Flamengo have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Serie A
- Flamengo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Internacional | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Santos | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | America Mineiro | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Goias | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | São Paulo | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 15 | Ceara | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 17 | Avai | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 23 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -14 | 22 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 17 |
