It's game two of the Serie B season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Botafogo-Coritiba!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Coritiba, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Botafogo form and stats
Last season, Botafogo's league statistics were 13 wins, 4 draws and 21 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 31 goals and conceded 45. Playing at home last season Botafogo managed 9-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 17 conceded.
Botafogo manager M. Oliveira Chamusca and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Vila Nova (placed 10th) in the Serie B. Ronald, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Ronald hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Carioca 1 match versus Vasco da Gama (after extra-time) with a 1-0 scoreline.Coritiba form and stats
Let's have a look at how Coritiba performed last season in the Paranaense 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 3/6 goals scored/conceded. It's all red in the travel logs of Coritiba, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Waguininho and Valdemir scored in Coritiba's previous match, the home game against Avai that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Wilson got the top player rating of the team with 7.84/10. Wilson stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Coritiba manager G. Morínigo Vázquez faced defeat when travelling to Rio Branco PR and losing 1-2.Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Botafogo, four draws and two wins for Coritiba. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Navarro Leal 1 goals |  V. de Oliveira Soares 1 goals | W. da Silva Souza 1 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Coritiba missing players
| Botafogo | Coritiba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Botafogo | Last season | Coritiba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 53% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 73% | ||
| 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | ||
| 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 64% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 18% | ||
| 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 6 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Confianca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Coritiba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Operário PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Brusque | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Nautico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | CRB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Remo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Guarani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Vila Nova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Vitoria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Brasil de Pelotas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Londrina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Goias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | CSA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Avai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Operário PR | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Cascavel CR | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Londrina | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Cianorte | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Maringa | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Azuriz | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Parana | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Coritiba | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Rio Branco PR | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Toledo Brazil | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Cascavel CR | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -27 | 4 |