Happy home supporters, the away team steals the points or an exciting draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Botafogo SP and Ituano clash at Estádio Santa Cruz.
- Ituano have the fewest points (0) away 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.
Botafogo SP form and stats
The total Serie B statistics at home this season for Botafogo SP are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Tombense last time out and are looking for a victory here. The goalie Souza was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Souza topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Botafogo SP played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Atlético GO.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Botafogo SP have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Botafogo SP aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Santa Cruz in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Botafogo have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ituano form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Ituano playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. A depressing five defeats in a row for Ituano in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Tombense.
Ituano play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Vitoria (placed 1st). Saraiva got a match rating of 6.81 in that game, top player of the team. Saraiva hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Londrina.Ituano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
A new game in only four days for Ituano, the Serie B home match versus Atlético GO. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ituano's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 5 matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Botafogo SP, three draws and three wins for Ituano. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  O. de Menezes Venâncio Júnior 2 goals |  T. Kedes Boschetti 2 goals | F. Barbosa de Lisboa 2 goals |
Botafogo SP missing players
Ituano missing players
| Botafogo SP | Ituano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 6.9 | 7.4 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 14.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 22% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 6% | 27% |
| 15.3 | 13.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 17 | 15.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.6 | 5.2 |
- Botafogo SP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ituano have scored away.
- Ituano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ituano have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ituano have lost all their away matches so far.
- Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ituano have the fewest points (0) away in Serie B
- Ituano have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Serie B
- Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vitoria | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Criciuma | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Mirassol | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | Botafogo SP | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Ceará | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Guarani | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | Juventude | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Sampaio Corrêa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Ituano | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Londrina | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | CRB | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Avaí | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Tombense | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | ABC | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 4 |
