There's been five sleeps since Botafogo fought Goiás and the score was 1-0. Can they get the points hosting Palmeiras?
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Serie A
Both teams have had time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's wish for an animated game!
Botafogo form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Botafogo have to build on here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the Serie A.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Botafogo, as their goalkeeper Lucas Estella Perri has completely shut out the opponents for 290 minutes in the Serie A.
Botafogo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Goiás's place. The match ended 1-0 with Piage scoring. The victory against Goiás came after Piage's winning goal. The Botafogo manager de Castro was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 80th minute. Defender Adryelson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Adryelson won 16 of 18 duels.
Before that, Botafogo had a home game versus Coritiba which ended with a victory 2-0.It should be added that a glance at the 15 most recent league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Botafogo are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Avai awaits in three days.
Botafogo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nilton Santos in the league, with only 12 goals from 14 games. Botafogo have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Palmeiras form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 6 draws and only 0 losses in the Serie A.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Palmeiras goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba do Nascimento is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Palmeiras play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Atlético Mineiro (placed 7th). Murilo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.33. The defender Murilo scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that, Palmeiras secured a home win against Santos with the score 1-0.A new game in only three days for Palmeiras, the Serie A home match versus Coritiba. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Palmeiras have scored 19 goals in 14 league games away. Palmeiras are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras - Botafogo 4-0 was the score in these sides' last h2h game, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Botafogo won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Palmeiras have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva Barbosa 9 goals |   E. de Souza 7 goals |  G. Gómez Portillo 7 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Botafogo | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 30 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 68% |
| 29% | 21% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 25% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 14% | 18% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 39% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 29% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 39% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.1 | 7.7 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.4 | 14.8 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.2 | 14.9 | 17.9 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| 20% | 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 27% |
| 13.7 | 12.4 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (15) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (8) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most points (30) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (19) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+26) in Serie A
- Palmeiras 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 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 26 | 60 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 51 |
| 3 | Internacional | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 47 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 45 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | América Mineiro | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Santos | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 11 | Goiás | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 35 |
| 14 | Fortaleza | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -14 | 31 |
| 16 | Ceará | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 18 | Avai | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -19 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -28 | 19 |
