Internacional bring their bags for Botafogo and Estádio Nilton Santos packed with happy thoughts, but the team playing at home is no weakling. More news on the game here!
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Serie A
Internacional have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last competitive action. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Botafogo form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Botafogo at their home stadium (Estádio Nilton Santos) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
A strong away win for Botafogo against Sao Paulo the last match, as Soares were on target. Soares has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Ace! Midfielder Santos was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Santos hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a win away at Avaí.Not much happening? In this club's last 18 league matches, 14 have had two goals or less.
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 (13 from 15 games).
Internacional form and stats
Playing away, Internacional have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.
Internacional go into this game after a win, the home game against Goias that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Goias was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Internacional goalie Keiller was high and low in the Goias game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Pena got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Pena scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 60 successful passes (of 70 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Flamengo that ended 0-0.Observe: 9 of the last 12 league fixtures featuring this side have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
{15 goals} so far away for Internacional, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 15. All from 15 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded result involving both these participants is the Internacional - Botafogo 2-3 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Botafogo wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. de Souza 7 goals |  A. Zurawski 7 goals |  W. Maciel Sousa Campos 6 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Internacional missing players
| Botafogo | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 48 |
| 34 | 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 94% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 87% |
| 58% | 53% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 71% |
| 32% | 27% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 48% |
| 26% | 20% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 23% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 42% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 53% | 48% |
| 29% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 45% |
| 35% | 40% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 19% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 14.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.1 | 14.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 21% | 21% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | 30% |
| 13.4 | 12.5 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 14 | 12.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
- Internacional have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Serie A
- Internacional 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 | Palmeiras | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 66 |
| 2 | Internacional | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 57 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 54 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 51 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 48 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 47 |
| 8 | América Mineiro | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 45 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -2 | 43 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 41 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Goias | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Santos | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | -17 | 34 |
| 16 | Ceará | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 33 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Avaí | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -21 | 28 |
| 20 | Juventude | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -30 | 20 |
