Avaí are ready to ignore the league table before this match versus Botafogo SP. Here's everything you must know pre-match!
- Avaí have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Serie B
- Botafogo SP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Botafogo SP have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Avaí have less rest than Botafogo SP in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie B game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Sport Recife, so at least Avaí are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Avaí form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Avaí at their home stadium (Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Vázquez led his Avaí to a defeat away at Sport Recife. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva. The attacking player Waguininho was named "man of the match" for Avaí with a rating of 7.82/10. Waguininho scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Juventude (2-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Avaí perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Avaí as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Avaí has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 6.
Avaí have scored {3 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot.
Botafogo SP form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Botafogo SP playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
Botafogo aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 224 league minutes without a goal. Salatiel was the last player to find the net.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Ituano with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Madruga got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Madruga hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A draw for Botafogo SP before that, at their own venue hosting Tombense (0-0).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Botafogo SP in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Botafogo, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Take note: 8 of the last 10 league fixtures involving this club have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
As for defending, Botafogo SP rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous two meetings): Avaí won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Botafogo SP got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
  W. da Silva Souza 2 goals |  S. Patino 2 goals |   O. de Menezes Venâncio Júnior 2 goals |
Avaí missing players
Botafogo SP missing players
| Avaí | Botafogo SP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 36% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 27% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 4.8 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 17.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11 | 13.1 |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 22% |
| 12.9 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 17 | 15.5 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- All of Botafogo SP's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Avaí have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Serie B
- Avaí have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Avaí haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Botafogo SP have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Botafogo SP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botafogo SP haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Novorizontino | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Vitória | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | Criciúma | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Ceara | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Juventude | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Botafogo SP | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | CRB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Londrina | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Avaí | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 19 | Tombense | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 20 | ABC | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 6 |
