Serie A preview: Can Santos edge out victory against Botafogo?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 21.July
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Urbano Caldeira (16798 seats)

Santos are psyched for a new task after their 0-1 vs Avai in the previous match. Botafogo are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botafogo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A

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 Santos and Botafogo.

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Santos form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Santos have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

Santos lost their last game at Avai (placed 12th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santos handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Santos are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Fortaleza awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Santos in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Santos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Botafogo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking players of Botafogo have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 206 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Botafogo in their previous game as they lost hosting Atletico Mineiro, 0-1. Sampaio was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.71. The defender Sampaio won 4 of 5 duels.

aweayteam Hara magic won. We have checked recent matches where Botafogo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Athletico PR in just three days.

Botafogo have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Botafogo have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Santos victories, three draws and one Botafogo win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SantosM. Santos Almeida
M. Santos Almeida
6 goals
BotafogoM. Nascimento de Paula
M. Nascimento de Paula
5 goals
SantosL. Carrilho Baptistão
L. Carrilho Baptistão
4 goals

Santos missing players

Botafogo missing players

Santos Botafogo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 9 17
5 4 0 Won W 2 4 6
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 3 8
20 14 3 Scored S 2 10 17
16 8 4 Conceded C 0 12 22
82% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 59%
47% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 35%
18% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
53% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 22% 18%
35% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 35%
 
5.5 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.6
5.5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 5.8 4.4
2.6 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
13.5 16.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 12.1 13.2
5.1 6.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.4
23% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 23%
 
14.7 15.2 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 16.2 13.9
4.4 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6.3 5.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Botafogo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Botafogo have the most points from losing position (9) in Serie A
  • Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 17 8 7 2 25 17 9 5 3 1 15 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 8 31
2 Palmeiras 16 8 6 2 27 12 8 4 2 2 16 8 8 4 4 0 11 4 15 30
3 Corinthians 17 8 5 4 19 17 8 5 3 0 10 2 9 3 2 4 9 15 2 29
4 Internacional 17 7 8 2 23 15 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 3 5 1 9 7 8 29
5 Fluminense 17 8 4 5 24 17 9 5 1 3 16 10 8 3 3 2 8 7 7 28
6 Athletico PR 17 8 4 5 20 17 8 4 3 1 11 7 9 4 1 4 9 10 3 28
7 Flamengo 17 7 3 7 20 17 8 5 1 2 12 4 9 2 2 5 8 13 3 24
8 Bragantino 17 6 6 5 27 20 9 4 2 3 15 8 8 2 4 2 12 12 7 24
9 São Paulo 17 5 9 3 22 18 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 1 6 2 8 10 4 24
10 Santos 17 5 7 5 20 16 9 4 3 2 14 8 8 1 4 3 6 8 4 22
11 Botafogo 17 6 3 8 17 22 8 2 1 5 7 10 9 4 2 3 10 12 -5 21
12 Avai 17 6 3 8 19 27 9 5 2 2 15 12 8 1 1 6 4 15 -8 21
13 Goiás 17 5 6 6 16 19 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 2 2 5 6 11 -3 21
14 Ceara 17 4 9 4 19 18 8 1 5 2 9 10 9 3 4 2 10 8 1 21
15 Cuiaba 16 5 4 7 13 17 8 2 4 2 6 5 8 3 0 5 7 12 -4 19
16 Coritiba 17 5 4 8 20 27 9 5 2 2 13 9 8 0 2 6 7 18 -7 19
17 America Mineiro 17 5 3 9 12 21 8 4 2 2 9 8 9 1 1 7 3 13 -9 18
18 Atlético GO 17 4 5 8 17 23 9 3 2 4 10 9 8 1 3 4 7 14 -6 17
19 Fortaleza 17 3 5 9 14 21 9 1 5 3 4 6 8 2 0 6 10 15 -7 14
20 Juventude 17 2 7 8 15 28 9 1 3 5 7 14 8 1 4 3 8 14 -13 13

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.