After the first game it's Botafogo SP - Confiança 0-1 in points. Who will triumph in this second Serie B game of the season?
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Botafogo and Confiança.
It's quite the trip for Confiança when visiting Botafogo SP as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Botafogo SP form and stats
There’s a good atmosphere here at Estádio Santa Cruz after three straight home wins.
Botafogo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Cruzeiro. Preceding that game was the away draw at Bragantino that finished 1-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Botafogo SP, as the Serie B home game vs Guarani is only four days away.
Last season, Botafogo SP's league statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Paulista A1. Over these twelve matches they scored 9 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Botafogo SP managed 3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 6 goals and 9 conceded.
Confiança form and stats
Confiança delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Paraná (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Serie B game. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Frei Paulistano.
The match against Paraná looked like a defeat for Confiança, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Iago equalized in the 90th minute. As mentioned above, Confiança drew the match against Paraná. Manager M. Silva Ferreira da Costa brought on Iago to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Confiança manager M. Silva Ferreira da Costa as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sergipe.
Let's have a look at how Confiança performed last season in the Sergipano: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In total they scored 8 and conceded 2 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 5/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. de Sousa 1 goals |  D. Pires Costa 1 goals | I. Silva Santos 1 goals |
Botafogo SP missing players
Confiança missing players
| Botafogo SP | Confiança | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Botafogo SP | Last season | Confiança | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 55% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 45% | ||
| 21% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | ||
| 21% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 64% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 133 | 71 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 113 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 43 | ||
| 20% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avaí | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Operario PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Juventude | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | America Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | CSA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vitoria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Confiança | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Paraná | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Brasil de Pelotas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Botafogo SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | CRB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Guarani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Figueirense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Nautico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Santo Andre | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Confiança | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Sergipe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Frei Paulistano | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 4 | Itabaiana | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |