The league table in Serie B tells a story about these teams so far, with Botafogo leading Londrina by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
- Botafogo is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Londrina have scored away.
Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Londrina, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Botafogo form and stats
Home games in the Serie B have been a walk in the park for Botafogo so far, with 25 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ever since the Goias game Botafogo has been unbeatable here at Estádio Nilton Santos producing five straight wins.
The Botafogo goalkeeper Diego Terra Loureiro is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
Botafogo are returning here after visiting Remo in a Serie B game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Warley scored the goal(s).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Coritiba.A decent goal production from Botafogo in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Botafogo have conceded only 7 goals.
Londrina form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
Home advantage was not enough for Londrina in their previous game, as they lost their Serie B-match, hosting Coritiba, 2-3. Midfield player Marcelinho was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Marcelinho scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Brusque that ended 0-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Londrina as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the teams played each other previously this season; Londrina - Botafogo 2-2.Top Goalscorers
  R. Navarro Leal 7 goals | C. Medeiros Oliveira Santos 7 goals | D. Gonçalves 4 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Londrina missing players
| Botafogo | Londrina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 30 | 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 22 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 73% |
| 73% | 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 32% | 30% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 9% | 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 41% | 20% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 45% | 70% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 36% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 12.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.3 | 10.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 29% | 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 20% | 17% |
- 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 Londrina have scored away.
- Botafogo have the most points (25) at home in Serie B
- Botafogo have the most scored goals (19) at home in Serie B
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Serie B
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Londrina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Londrina 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 | Coritiba | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 42 |
| 2 | CRB | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Botafogo | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Goias | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Náutico | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Sampaio Corrêa | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Guarani | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Avai | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | Operário PR | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | CSA | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Remo | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Brusque | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Vila Nova | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Vitória | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Londrina | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Brasil de Pelotas | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 20 | Confianca | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -16 | 13 |