We have to say that both teams are doing all right, Botafogo enjoying a 2 point edge on Coritiba in the tables. Get this show on the road!
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (6) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Botafogo when visiting Coritiba as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Coritiba form and stats
As mentioned below, Coritiba are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Serie A games. The Coritiba fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira and will expect new points from this game. Coritiba has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Vázquez led his Coritiba to a defeat away at Atletico GO. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira. Henrique was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Henrique hit the woodwork once and won 3 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting America Mineiro in a game that was won 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Coritiba have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Coritiba can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Coritiba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Botafogo form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Botafogo, who have the most points (8) away in Serie A, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far.
Botafogo are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at America Mineiro (placed 9th). Erison, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Erison scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Fortaleza.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Botafogo, 8 draws and 1 defeat.
Botafogo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coritiba one win, four draws and Botafogo five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Barbosa da Paixão 7 goals | L. Gamalho de Souza 7 goals |  A. Mangueira Severino Pereira 6 goals |
Coritiba missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Coritiba | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.3 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.1 | 19.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 6.3 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 29% | 31% |
| 12.7 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 14.5 | 13.3 |
| 4 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
- Botafogo have not yet lost a game away.
- Botafogo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Botafogo have the most points (8) away in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (6) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Serie A
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Coritiba have won all their matches at home so far.
- Coritiba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Coritiba 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 | Corinthians | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Botafogo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Coritiba | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | America Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Avai | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Atletico PR | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Goias | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Juventude | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Ceara | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
