Serie A: Cuiabá are 5 points short of Botafogo, but are driven to go all in. Get this show on the road!
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (9) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Botafogo when visiting Cuiabá as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!
Cuiabá form and stats
With 1 Serie A win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Cuiabá are certainly not brimming with confidence. Cuiabá have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
It's back home for Cuiabá, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Avaí away with the result 2-1. Valdívia and Joaquim found the net in that victory. Finally, a league victory after four games without. Defender Joaquim got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Joaquim scored one goal and won 2 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Goias.This is expected to be a close game, with Cuiabá perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cuiabá as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Cuiabá has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Cuiabá aren't scoring a lot here at Arena Pantanal in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. Cuiabá have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Botafogo form and stats
4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Botafogo in their Serie A matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Botafogo, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Bragantino (placed 14th) last time out. Botafogo goalie Fernández was high and low in the Bragantino game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Fernández (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.41. Fernández topped it up with a clean sheet.
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.
A new game in only four days for Botafogo, the Copa do Brasil home match versus America Mineiro. Busy days.
Botafogo find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Botafogo have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings involving these sides: Cuiabá won one, Botafogo were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. de Souza 6 goals |   W. Ferreira de Oliveira 2 goals |  A. Ribeiro de Souza 2 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Cuiabá | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 60% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 20% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.8 | 13.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 27% | 25% |
| 14.3 | 12.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 16.4 | 13.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cuiabá have scored home.
- Botafogo have the most points from losing position (9) in Serie A
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie A
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Internacional | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Avaí | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Coritiba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Ceara | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Atletico GO | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Goias | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Cuiabá | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Juventude | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
