The visiting Paraná side should be favourites in this visit to Botafogo SP, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Botafogo nor Paraná as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Botafogo SP form and stats
Botafogo SP's results here at Estádio Santa Cruz in the Serie B have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Botafogo are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Santa Cruz, having lost their two previous games here.
A strong away win for Botafogo against Oeste the last match, as Rafinha were on target. Before that game, the home loss against CRB with the scoreline 1-2.
The manager C. dos Santos Oliveira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Chapecoense in only four days.
Botafogo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Santa Cruz in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Botafogo SP's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paraná form and stats
Playing away, Paraná have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie B this season.
There were no winners in Paraná's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Chapecoense (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Brasil de Pelotas.
After this away game Paraná return home for a Serie B game against Nautico. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Paraná are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Paraná have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Botafogo zero wins, one draw and Paraná one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. de Sousa 3 goals | R. Sant'anna Rodrigues 3 goals |   R. Bardini Bressan 3 goals |
Botafogo SP missing players
Paraná missing players
| Botafogo SP | Paraná | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 33% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | 74 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 54 | 132 |
| 53 | 27 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 22 | 48 |
| 15% | 15% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 27% | 31% |
- Botafogo SP haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paraná have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paraná haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Paraná | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Chapecoense | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Juventude | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | América Mineiro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitória | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Operário PR | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | CRB | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Avaí | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Brasil de Pelotas | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Nautico | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | CSA | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Confianca | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Figueirense | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Guarani | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Sampaio Corrêa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 20 | Oeste | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 6 |