Serie A game preview: Botafogo vs Juventude

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

Botafogo prepare to contest Juventude in this Serie A fixture. Everything you need to learn about the match can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Juventude have the most conceded goals (7) in Serie A

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Juventude, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

Botafogo and Juventude 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.

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Botafogo form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie A game of the season here at Estádio Nilton Santos. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from Botafogo's 6 home games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Botafogo, their manager de Castro and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Botafogo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Atletico GO that ended 1-1. Borges was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Borges hit five key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Botafogo has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Juventude form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Serie A ended in defeat. Last season Juventude had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 2, drew 7 and lost 10. Juventude seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The manager Baptista was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estádio Alfredo Jaconi (Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul). Juventude suffered a 0-1 loss to Cuiaba (placed 4th). Midfield player Jádson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.3/10. Jádson dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 60 total).

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Juventude has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - three - two (Botafogo wins - draws - Juventude wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

BotafogoE. de Souza
E. de Souza
2 goals
BotafogoD. Gonçalves
D. Gonçalves
1 goals
BotafogoJ. Santos Sa
J. Santos Sa
1 goals

Botafogo missing players

Juventude missing players

Botafogo Juventude
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
5 1 0 Scored S 1 1 3
5 3 0 Conceded C 4 4 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.3
3.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 5.3
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.7 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 14
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5.3
42% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 19%
 
13.3 15 0 Shots against (avg) S A 22 22 14.7
5.3 9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 9 5.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventude have the most conceded goals (7) in Serie A
Botafogo Last season Juventude
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
13 7   Played P   19 38
7 5   Won W   2 11
2 0   Drew D   7 13
4 2   Lost L   10 14
26 16   Scored S   17 36
18 7   Conceded C   29 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
85% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 68%
62% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
38% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 13%
23% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
62% 43%   BTTS BTTS   63% 50%
31% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 32%
8% 14%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
5.4 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.8
6.2 6.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5
3.3 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.6 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 11.3
4.1 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.4
49% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 28%
 
12 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 12.7
4.3 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santos 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
2 Atletico Mineiro 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
3 Corinthians 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 6
4 Cuiaba 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
5 Internacional 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
6 Bragantino 3 1 2 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 5
7 Palmeiras 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
8 Flamengo 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
9 Coritiba 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 4
10 Sao Paulo 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 4
11 Botafogo 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 4
12 Fluminense 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
13 America Mineiro 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 3
14 Ceara 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
15 Avai 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
16 Atletico PR 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 3
17 Atletico GO 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 2
18 Goias 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
19 Juventude 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
20 Fortaleza 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fluminense 11 9 1 1 16 2 6 5 0 1 9 2 5 4 1 0 7 0 14 28
2 Flamengo 11 8 2 1 27 8 6 4 1 1 14 5 5 4 1 0 13 3 19 26
3 Vasco da Gama 11 7 1 3 19 11 6 4 1 1 10 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 8 22
4 Botafogo 11 6 2 3 24 16 6 5 0 1 16 6 5 1 2 2 8 10 8 20
5 Nova Iguacu 11 4 2 5 11 15 5 3 1 1 6 2 6 1 1 4 5 13 -4 14
6 Portuguesa RJ 11 3 3 5 11 12 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 0 1 4 2 6 -1 12
7 Resende 11 3 3 5 11 17 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 5 9 -6 12
8 Audax Rio 11 3 2 6 9 14 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 4 9 -5 11
9 Madureira 11 3 2 6 9 17 5 1 0 4 4 9 6 2 2 2 5 8 -8 11
10 Boavista 11 3 4 4 13 16 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 6 12 -3 9
11 Bangu 11 2 3 6 5 17 5 1 3 1 3 7 6 1 0 5 2 10 -12 9
12 Volta Redonda 11 1 3 7 11 21 6 1 1 4 9 10 5 0 2 3 2 11 -10 6
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceara 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.