Classic home win, away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Botafogo and CSA clash at Estádio Nilton Santos.
- Botafogo have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie B
- CSA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 3-1-1.
It's back home for Botafogo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Confianca away with the result 1-0. Romildo found the net in that victory. The goalie Diego was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.23 out of ten. Diego stopped the opponent with nine saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Diego loved the game against Confianca. With a stunning nine saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Goias (0-2).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Botafogo matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and zero defeats (from two games).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Botafogo, as the Serie B home game vs Vasco da Gama is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Botafogo in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Botafogo have conceded 5 in these home matches.
CSA form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but CSA are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from Gabriel and Lucão secured the home win 2-1 against Vitória in their previous game. Defender Ernandes was the best team player with a rating of 8.15. Ernandes hit one key pass and won 12 of 14 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Vasco da Gama.Looking at the earlier recent performances of CSA when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
CSA have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. CSA have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Botafogo won three, CSA won zero and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Medeiros Oliveira Santos 5 goals | R. Navarro Leal 4 goals |   G. Santana Pinto 3 goals |
Botafogo missing players
CSA missing players
| Botafogo | CSA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 54% |
| 46% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 15% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 8% |
| 54% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 46% |
| 31% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 23% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 14.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 8 | 11.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 46% | 29% |
- Botafogo have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie B
- Botafogo have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie B
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- CSA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CSA have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- CSA 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 | Nautico | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Coritiba | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Goias | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Guarani | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Avai | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | CRB | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Brusque | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Sampaio Correa | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | CSA | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Operario PR | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Remo | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Vila Nova | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Vitória | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Londrina | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 19 | Brasil de Pelotas | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 20 | Confianca | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 10 |