Football tips: Botafogo vs São Paulo - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (46931 seats)

Botafogo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind São Paulo.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Botafogo form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Botafogo are 5-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to Estádio Nilton Santos after sharing the points with Ceara (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Atletico Mineiro in a game that was won 2-1.

The Botafogo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Botafogo have conceded only 7 goals.

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São Paulo form and stats

Playing away, São Paulo, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Serie A, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, São Paulo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

São Paulo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against CSA (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Prior to that match, the São Paulo manager Cuca faced defeat when travelling to Internacional and losing 0-1.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. São Paulo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; São Paulo - Botafogo 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 3 - 6 (Botafogo wins - draws - São Paulo wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Alexandre Pato
5 goals
Reinaldo
4 goals / 1 assists
Alex Santana
3 goals

Botafogo missing players

São Paulo missing players

Botafogo São Paulo
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Away vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played 3 9 19
8 5 0 Won 1 4 8
3 1 0 Drew 1 2 8
8 3 2 Lost 1 3 3
18 9 0 Scored 2 7 21
19 7 2 Conceded 3 7 13
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 89% 84%
47% 33% 0% Over 1.5 67% 44% 58%
32% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 22% 21%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 11%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 33% 0% BTTS 33% 33% 42%
37% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 33% 42%
47% 44% 100% Failed to Score 33% 44% 32%
 
3.3 4.6 4.5 Corners For (avg) 2.3 4.3 5.1
7.5 6.1 5 Corners Against (avg) 6.7 5.7 5.2
2.7 3 6 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 3 2.5
1 1 1 Red Cards 1 2 5
Key stats This season:
  • Botafogo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botafogo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Botafogo
All Carioca 1 Copa do Brasil Serie A Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
17-08-19 SA Corinthians 2 - 0 Botafogo
26-08-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 0 Chapecoense
01-09-19 SA Internacional 3 - 2 Botafogo
08-09-19 SA Botafogo 2 - 1 Atletico Mineiro
15-09-19 SA Ceara 0 - 0 Botafogo
21-09-19 SA Botafogo 14:00 São Paulo
26-09-19 SA Bahia 00:30 Botafogo
29-09-19 SA Fortaleza 22:00 Botafogo
06-10-19 SA Botafogo 19:00 Fluminense
10-10-19 SA Botafogo - Goias
São Paulo
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Florida Cup Paulista A1 Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
21-08-19 SA Atletico PR 0 - 1 São Paulo
25-08-19 SA Vasco da Gama 2 - 0 São Paulo
31-08-19 SA São Paulo 0 - 0 Gremio
07-09-19 SA Internacional 1 - 0 São Paulo
15-09-19 SA São Paulo 1 - 1 CSA
21-09-19 SA Botafogo 14:00 São Paulo
26-09-19 SA São Paulo 00:30 Goias
28-09-19 SA Flamengo 22:00 São Paulo
06-10-19 SA São Paulo 22:00 Fortaleza
10-10-19 SA Bahia - São Paulo

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 19 13 3 3 42 18 9 9 0 0 26 8 10 4 3 3 16 10 24 42
2 Palmeiras 19 11 6 2 30 14 9 7 2 0 19 3 10 4 4 2 11 11 16 39
3 Santos 19 11 4 4 30 19 9 6 3 0 22 8 10 5 1 4 8 11 11 37
4 Internacional 19 10 3 6 25 17 10 8 2 0 18 6 9 2 1 6 7 11 8 33
5 Corinthians 19 8 8 3 21 12 10 6 4 0 12 4 9 2 4 3 9 8 9 32
6 São Paulo 19 8 8 3 21 13 10 4 6 0 14 6 9 4 2 3 7 7 8 32
7 Bahia 19 8 7 4 22 16 10 6 3 1 14 7 9 2 4 3 8 9 6 31
8 Grêmio 19 7 7 5 27 22 9 5 2 2 18 13 10 2 5 3 9 9 5 28
9 Atlético Mineiro 19 8 3 8 24 23 10 5 2 3 16 12 9 3 1 5 8 11 1 27
10 Botafogo 19 8 3 8 18 19 9 5 1 3 9 7 10 3 2 5 9 12 -1 27
11 Athletico PR 19 8 2 9 25 19 9 6 0 3 11 5 10 2 2 6 14 14 6 26
12 Vasco da Gama 19 6 5 8 18 26 10 4 3 3 11 12 9 2 2 5 7 14 -8 23
13 Ceará 19 6 4 9 21 20 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 1 2 6 6 11 1 22
14 Fortaleza 19 6 4 9 22 26 9 4 1 4 10 9 10 2 3 5 12 17 -4 22
15 Goiás 19 6 3 10 17 32 9 5 1 3 12 9 10 1 2 7 5 23 -15 21
16 Fluminense 19 5 3 11 21 29 10 3 2 5 9 9 9 2 1 6 12 20 -8 18
17 Cruzeiro 19 4 6 9 16 28 9 4 2 3 8 9 10 0 4 6 8 19 -12 18
18 CSA 19 3 7 9 8 25 10 2 4 4 6 12 9 1 3 5 2 13 -17 16
19 Chapecoense 19 3 5 11 17 32 10 2 3 5 9 12 9 1 2 6 8 20 -15 14
20 Avaí 19 2 7 10 10 25 9 0 6 3 5 11 10 2 1 7 5 14 -15 13

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