Serie B match preview and statistics: Botafogo fight Goiás

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 20.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nilton Santos (44661 seats)

Here is all you need to know about the Serie B fixture Botafogo - Goiás!

Insights:
  • Botafogo have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie B
  • Goiás have the most clean sheets (8) in Serie B

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 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Botafogo form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Botafogo are 3-1-0 (wins-draw-losses).

Botafogo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Brusque. Midfielder Chay was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Chay hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Cruzeiro.

Botafogo are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Confiança awaits in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Botafogo are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Botafogo have conceded only 3 goals.

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Goiás form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Serie B, on their Serie B travels is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Goiás goalkeeper Tadeu Antonio Ferreira is eager to challenge this, with his 194 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Goiás played 0-0 against Londrina in their previous match. Midfield player Julio Cesar Rezende was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Rezende had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at CSA.

Goiás has another fixture away, a Serie B game, against Ponte Preta in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Goiás when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Goiás as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Botafogo three wins, two draws and Goiás five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BotafogoC. Medeiros Oliveira Santos
C. Medeiros Oliveira Santos
5 goals
BotafogoR. Navarro Leal
R. Navarro Leal
4 goals
GoiásB. Mombra Rosa
B. Mombra Rosa
3 goals

Botafogo missing players

Goiás missing players

Botafogo Goiás
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 4 1 Played P 2 6 12
3 3 1 Won W 1 1 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 5
4 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
16 9 2 Scored S 1 4 11
16 3 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 75%
91% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 42%
55% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 17%
27% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
27% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 67%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
5.6 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.5 5.1
3.4 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7 6.4
2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 13 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.3 12.2
5.1 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.7 5
29% 43% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 14% 18%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Botafogo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Goiás have scored away.
  • Botafogo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Botafogo have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) 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.
  • Goiás have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Goiás have the most clean sheets (8) in Serie B
  • Goiás have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 11 7 4 0 19 5 6 4 2 0 13 3 5 3 2 0 6 2 14 25
2 Coritiba 11 7 3 1 14 7 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 4 1 1 7 4 7 24
3 Guarani 12 6 4 2 22 14 6 3 1 2 8 7 6 3 3 0 14 7 8 22
4 Goiás 12 5 5 2 11 5 6 4 1 1 7 1 6 1 4 1 4 4 6 20
5 Sampaio Correa 12 5 4 3 13 8 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 1 3 2 4 4 5 19
6 Avai 11 5 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 1 2 8 6 3 18
7 Operario PR 12 5 3 4 12 17 7 3 1 3 8 11 5 2 2 1 4 6 -5 18
8 Vasco da Gama 11 5 2 4 12 11 6 4 0 2 7 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 1 17
9 CRB 11 5 2 4 15 16 5 3 2 0 10 7 6 2 0 4 5 9 -1 17
10 Brusque 11 5 1 5 14 17 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 2 0 4 7 12 -3 16
11 CSA 11 4 2 5 10 10 6 2 2 2 4 4 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 14
12 Vila Nova 11 3 5 3 6 7 6 1 4 1 2 2 5 2 1 2 4 5 -1 14
13 Botafogo 11 3 4 4 16 16 4 3 1 0 9 3 7 0 3 4 7 13 0 13
14 Remo 11 3 4 4 9 13 6 2 2 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 6 9 -4 13
15 Brasil de Pelotas 12 2 5 5 8 11 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 0 2 4 3 7 -3 11
16 Cruzeiro 12 2 5 5 16 22 6 1 3 2 9 12 6 1 2 3 7 10 -6 11
17 Vitoria 12 1 6 5 9 12 6 1 3 2 7 7 6 0 3 3 2 5 -3 9
18 Ponte Preta 12 1 6 5 7 11 6 1 3 2 4 5 6 0 3 3 3 6 -4 9
19 Confiança 12 2 3 7 11 19 6 2 2 2 7 8 6 0 1 5 4 11 -8 9
20 Londrina 12 1 5 6 7 13 6 0 2 4 4 9 6 1 3 2 3 4 -6 8

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.