Struggling Botafogo SP will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying América Mineiro in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Botafogo SP form and stats
Botafogo SP's struggle is real here at Estádio Santa Cruz with only 7 points collected from 7 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Botafogo are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 268 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Rafinha).
The fans are hoping that Botafogo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie B game against Sampaio Correa (placed 14th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chapecoense (0-1).
The manager C. dos Santos Oliveira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CSA in only four days.
Botafogo have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Botafogo SP have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América Mineiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (15) away in Serie B, on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The supporters enjoyed América's previous game versus Nautico (placed 15th), a Serie B 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result América won their away game at Vitoria. The scoreline was 2-1.
A new game in only four days for América, the Serie B home match versus Brasil de Pelotas. Busy days.
The attacking power of América when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. América are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Botafogo one win, one draw and América Mineiro zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. de Sousa 3 goals | R. Sant'anna Rodrigues 3 goals | R. Diniz Alves e Silva 2 goals |
Botafogo SP missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Botafogo SP | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 73% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | 83 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 94 | 215 |
| 64 | 31 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 28 | 70 |
| 14% | 16% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 19% |
- América Mineiro has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Serie B
- América Mineiro has the most clean sheets (5) away in Serie B
- América Mineiro has the most points (15) away in Serie B
- América Mineiro has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Serie B
- Botafogo SP haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Cuiaba | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Chapecoense | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | América Mineiro | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Juventude | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Parana | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Avai | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Operario PR | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | CRB | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | CSA | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Confianca | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Vitoria | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | Sampaio Correa | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 15 | Nautico | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Botafogo SP | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Figueirense | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Guarani | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 19 | Cruzeiro | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 20 | Oeste | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 7 |