The visiting Avaí side should be favourites in this visit to Botafogo SP, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.
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.
It's quite the trip for Avaí when visiting Botafogo as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Botafogo SP form and stats
With 3 Serie B wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Botafogo SP are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Botafogo to get some points in this home game.
Botafogo lost their last game at Guarani (placed 13th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Confianca.
There will be little rest for Botafogo after this match as they are travelling to Figueirense for a Serie B game in only three days.
Botafogo SP have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Botafogo have conceded 10 goals.
Avaí form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Avaí had fun at their own home (Estádio Santa Cruz) last time out, beating Confianca 1-0. Rômulo scored. Before that, Avaí secured a home win against Parana with the score 2-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Avaí manager E. Machado Souto as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cuiaba.
Avaí have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Avaí struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Avaí - Botafogo SP 0-1.Top Goalscorers
  R. Diniz Alves e Silva 4 goals |   G. Rodríguez Maeso 4 goals | W. de Sousa 3 goals |
Botafogo SP missing players
Avaí missing players
| Botafogo SP | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 64% |
| 27% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 32% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 264 | 120 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 106 | 233 |
| 88 | 45 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 41 | 88 |
| 15% | 18% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 27% | 30% |
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avaí haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo SP has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Serie B
- Botafogo SP has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie B
- Botafogo SP has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
- Botafogo SP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Chapecoense | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Sampaio Corrêa | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 | Juventude | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | America Mineiro | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | Cuiaba | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Avaí | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Ponte Preta | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | CRB | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Operario PR | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Confianca | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Parana | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | CSA | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Guarani | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Brasil de Pelotas | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 16 | Vitoria | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 17 | Nautico | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Oeste | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |