Serie A match preview: São Paulo versus Botafogo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

Lots of loss and gain for these two sides so far, placed in positions near the center of the Serie A table. Here's the São Paulo - Botafogo latest:

Insights:
  • São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 São Paulo and Botafogo.

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São Paulo form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, São Paulo have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

It's back home for Paulo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating América Mineiro away with the result 2-1. Alisson and Calleri found the net in that victory. Manager Ceni felt very clever after Alisson scored the winning goal against América Mineiro, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 68th minute. The attacker Calleri was announced as "man of the match" for São Paulo with the rating of 8.15/10. Calleri scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that game, a home loss in the Copa Sudamericana against Independiente del Valle. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from São Paulo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 7 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Paulo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo with 25 goals in 14 league matches. São Paulo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Botafogo form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Botafogo playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Having won their last three away games Botafogo has no reason to fear anyone.

Two away matches in a row for Botafogo, whose manager de Castro could celebrate last time after the win against Avaí. Marçal was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Marçal served one assist, hit five key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Palmeiras.

Low on goals? 13 of this team's most recent 17 league matches have seen two or less goals.

Botafogo find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Botafogo have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met earlier this season: Botafogo - Paulo 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): São Paulo five wins, two draws and Botafogo three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
13 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
8 goals
BotafogoE. de Souza
E. de Souza
7 goals

São Paulo missing players

Botafogo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
São Paulo Botafogo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 15 30
9 6 2 Won W 3 7 11
13 5 1 Drew D 1 3 7
7 3 1 Lost L 0 5 12
41 25 7 Scored S 6 18 31
32 15 4 Conceded C 2 19 34
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
76% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 60%
45% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 33%
24% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 27%
7% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
59% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
24% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 27%
24% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 37%
 
6.3 7.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5 4.8
4.3 3.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5 5
2.8 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
14.7 16.5 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 14 14.2
4.7 5.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.7 5
30% 31% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 21% 21%
 
12.1 11.1 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 14.6 13.5
4.3 3.9 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.4 4.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • São Paulo 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 Palmeiras 30 19 9 2 52 20 15 10 3 2 30 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 32 66
2 Internacional 30 14 12 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 15 5 7 3 15 15 18 54
3 Fluminense 30 15 6 9 48 36 15 10 2 3 31 15 15 5 4 6 17 21 12 51
4 Corinthians 30 14 9 7 36 29 15 10 4 1 21 7 15 4 5 6 15 22 7 51
5 Flamengo 30 14 7 9 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 49
6 Atletico PR 30 13 9 8 36 34 15 8 6 1 23 12 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 48
7 Atletico Mineiro 30 12 10 8 38 32 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 46
8 América Mineiro 30 12 6 12 27 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 15 4 3 8 9 17 -3 42
9 Botafogo 30 11 7 12 31 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 15 7 3 5 18 19 -3 40
10 São Paulo 29 9 13 7 41 32 14 6 5 3 25 15 15 3 8 4 16 17 9 40
11 Fortaleza 30 10 8 12 30 32 14 4 6 4 12 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 -2 38
12 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 40 39 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 2 6 7 16 25 1 38
13 Goias 30 9 11 10 31 36 15 5 6 4 17 16 15 4 5 6 14 20 -5 38
14 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
15 Ceara 30 6 14 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 32
16 Coritiba 29 9 4 16 29 47 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 0 2 12 10 35 -18 31
17 Cuiaba 30 7 9 14 22 32 14 4 7 3 11 9 16 3 2 11 11 23 -10 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avaí 30 7 7 16 28 47 16 6 4 6 21 21 14 1 3 10 7 26 -19 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

Table
  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 30 19 9 2 52 20 15 10 3 2 30 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 32 66
2 Internacional 30 14 12 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 15 5 7 3 15 15 18 54
3 Fluminense 30 15 6 9 48 36 15 10 2 3 31 15 15 5 4 6 17 21 12 51
4 Corinthians 30 14 9 7 36 29 15 10 4 1 21 7 15 4 5 6 15 22 7 51
5 Flamengo 30 14 7 9 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 49
6 Atletico PR 30 13 9 8 36 34 15 8 6 1 23 12 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 48
7 Atletico Mineiro 30 12 10 8 38 32 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 46
8 América Mineiro 30 12 6 12 27 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 15 4 3 8 9 17 -3 42
9 Botafogo 30 11 7 12 31 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 15 7 3 5 18 19 -3 40
10 São Paulo 29 9 13 7 41 32 14 6 5 3 25 15 15 3 8 4 16 17 9 40
11 Fortaleza 30 10 8 12 30 32 14 4 6 4 12 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 -2 38
12 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 40 39 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 2 6 7 16 25 1 38
13 Goias 30 9 11 10 31 36 15 5 6 4 17 16 15 4 5 6 14 20 -5 38
14 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
15 Ceara 30 6 14 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 32
16 Coritiba 29 9 4 16 29 47 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 0 2 12 10 35 -18 31
17 Cuiaba 30 7 9 14 22 32 14 4 7 3 11 9 16 3 2 11 11 23 -10 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avaí 30 7 7 16 28 47 16 6 4 6 21 21 14 1 3 10 7 26 -19 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

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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.