Botafogo have not been spoiled with points this season. Will the team get some sugar when São Paulo visit Estádio Nilton Santos?
- Botafogo have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Serie A
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Botafogo and São Paulo.
Botafogo form and stats
Overall Serie A statistics playing at home this season for Botafogo are 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Botafogo with their four defeats in a row. Not since the America Mineiro game, 25 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Stress levels are on the rise for Botafogo's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. Cuesta was their last goal scorer.
Botafogo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Avaí (placed 10th). Midfielder Chay was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Chay hit five key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Palmeiras.The manager de Castro will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Internacional in only three days.
Botafogo has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Botafogo have conceded 8 from these games.
São Paulo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for São Paulo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-1 (win-draw-lose). São Paulo has drawn their two previous away games.
The fans enjoyed Paulo's previous game versus America Mineiro (placed 9th), a 1-0 win played at home. Patrick came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against America Mineiro last time out, making the manager Ceni feel like a tactical genius. Vinícius got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Vinícius served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Coritiba.A new game in only four days for São Paulo, the Serie A home match versus Palmeiras. Busy days.
8 goals have been conceded by Paulo in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Botafogo victories, two draws and six São Paulo wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 9 goals |   M. Nascimento de Paula 5 goals | E. de Souza 3 goals |
Botafogo missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Botafogo | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 3.9 | 2.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 15.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 14.2 | 15.1 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 22% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 30% |
| 13.1 | 10.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.7 | 10.9 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- All of São Paulo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Botafogo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botafogo have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Serie A
- Botafogo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- São Paulo have scored in all their matches so far.
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
- São Paulo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Internacional | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Coritiba | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | America Mineiro | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Avaí | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Santos | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Ceara | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Goias | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Atletico GO | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Flamengo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Juventude | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
