Betting preview: Brasil de Pelotas faced with a tough challenge when Botafogo visits

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas (180001 seats)

Brasil de Pelotas will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a result from this back-breaking dispute, versus spirited Botafogo.

Insights:
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals (23) in Serie B
  • Botafogo have the most scored goals (53) in Serie B

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Botafogo have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Pelotas have had a bad season and will be relegated from Serie B.

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Brasil de Pelotas form and stats

Brasil de Pelotas's struggle is real here at Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas with only 18 points collected from 18 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-6-8. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Pelotas with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Nautico game, 23 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager J. Testoni led his Pelotas to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Coritiba. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas. The defeat against Coritiba was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Léo Gamalho). Ícaro, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Ícaro won 4 of 7 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Guarani that was lost 0-1.

Pelotas aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas in the league, with only 14 goals from 18 games. On the other hand, Pelotas have conceded 20 goals.

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Botafogo form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (53) in Serie B, are W4-D8-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Botafogo had fun at their own home (Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas) last time out, beating Operario PR 2-1. Pedro Castro and Rafael Navarro scored. Attacker Rafael Navarro got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Navarro scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A 0-0 draw at Ponte Preta's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Botafogo when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. As opposed to that, Botafogo have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Botafogo - Brasil de Pelotas 1-0 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

BotafogoR. Navarro Leal
R. Navarro Leal
14 goals
PelotasE. de Souza
E. de Souza
8 goals
BotafogoM. Rosa Furtado Junior
M. Rosa Furtado Junior
8 goals

Brasil de Pelotas missing players

Botafogo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brasil de Pelotas Botafogo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
4 4 1 Won W 2 4 19
11 6 0 Drew D 3 8 9
21 8 4 Lost L 1 6 8
23 14 2 Scored S 5 16 53
47 20 6 Conceded C 4 18 29
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 92%
61% 56% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 61% 72%
33% 28% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 28% 36%
8% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 19%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
47% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 36%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 39% 53%
47% 44% 80% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 19%
 
4.1 5.3 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.7
6.2 5.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.4
2.5 2.4 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 1.8
5 3 1 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
9.4 11.2 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10.6 11.9
3.3 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.8 4.8
19% 19% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 23% 31%
 
14.7 12.9 15.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.8 10
5.2 4.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Botafogo have scored more than double the goals of Brasil de Pelotas.
  • Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie B
  • Botafogo have the most clean sheets (19) in Serie B
  • Botafogo have the most scored goals (53) in Serie B
  • Botafogo have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Serie B
  • Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+24) in Serie B
  • Botafogo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest points (18) at home in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals (23) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Botafogo 36 19 9 8 53 29 18 15 1 2 37 11 18 4 8 6 16 18 24 66
2 Coritiba 36 18 10 8 47 31 18 11 5 2 29 13 18 7 5 6 18 18 16 64
3 Goias 36 16 13 7 44 29 18 10 6 2 28 14 18 6 7 5 16 15 15 61
4 Guarani 36 16 11 9 52 37 18 10 4 4 28 15 18 6 7 5 24 22 15 59
5 Avai 36 16 10 10 40 33 18 9 6 3 22 13 18 7 4 7 18 20 7 58
6 CRB 36 15 12 9 43 36 18 7 9 2 23 16 18 8 3 7 20 20 7 57
7 CSA 36 16 8 12 43 33 18 8 6 4 24 15 18 8 2 8 19 18 10 56
8 Nautico 36 14 10 12 49 48 18 8 6 4 29 23 18 6 4 8 20 25 1 52
9 Vasco da Gama 36 13 9 14 41 47 18 9 3 6 23 22 18 4 6 8 18 25 -6 48
10 Sampaio Correa 36 12 10 14 39 39 18 9 4 5 24 15 18 3 6 9 15 24 0 46
11 Cruzeiro 36 10 16 10 41 43 18 5 9 4 24 24 18 5 7 6 17 19 -2 46
12 Operario PR 36 12 9 15 33 43 18 8 4 6 20 20 18 4 5 9 13 23 -10 45
13 Vila Nova 36 10 15 11 32 35 18 5 10 3 11 10 18 5 5 8 21 25 -3 45
14 Ponte Preta 36 10 13 13 35 38 18 8 7 3 23 15 18 2 6 10 12 23 -3 43
15 Brusque 36 12 8 16 40 54 18 8 5 5 23 16 18 4 3 11 17 38 -14 41
16 Remo 36 11 8 17 29 40 18 7 3 8 11 13 18 4 5 9 18 27 -11 41
17 Londrina 36 10 11 15 27 39 18 5 5 8 14 19 18 5 6 7 13 20 -12 41
18 Vitoria 36 8 16 12 30 28 18 5 7 6 18 13 18 3 9 6 12 15 2 40
19 Confianca 36 9 9 18 35 47 18 6 3 9 20 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -12 36
20 Brasil de Pelotas 36 4 11 21 23 47 18 4 6 8 14 20 18 0 5 13 9 27 -24 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 36 19 9 8 53 29 18 15 1 2 37 11 18 4 8 6 16 18 24 66
2 Coritiba 36 18 10 8 47 31 18 11 5 2 29 13 18 7 5 6 18 18 16 64
3 Goias 36 16 13 7 44 29 18 10 6 2 28 14 18 6 7 5 16 15 15 61
4 Guarani 36 16 11 9 52 37 18 10 4 4 28 15 18 6 7 5 24 22 15 59
5 Avai 36 16 10 10 40 33 18 9 6 3 22 13 18 7 4 7 18 20 7 58
6 CRB 36 15 12 9 43 36 18 7 9 2 23 16 18 8 3 7 20 20 7 57
7 CSA 36 16 8 12 43 33 18 8 6 4 24 15 18 8 2 8 19 18 10 56
8 Nautico 36 14 10 12 49 48 18 8 6 4 29 23 18 6 4 8 20 25 1 52
9 Vasco da Gama 36 13 9 14 41 47 18 9 3 6 23 22 18 4 6 8 18 25 -6 48
10 Sampaio Correa 36 12 10 14 39 39 18 9 4 5 24 15 18 3 6 9 15 24 0 46
11 Cruzeiro 36 10 16 10 41 43 18 5 9 4 24 24 18 5 7 6 17 19 -2 46
12 Operario PR 36 12 9 15 33 43 18 8 4 6 20 20 18 4 5 9 13 23 -10 45
13 Vila Nova 36 10 15 11 32 35 18 5 10 3 11 10 18 5 5 8 21 25 -3 45
14 Ponte Preta 36 10 13 13 35 38 18 8 7 3 23 15 18 2 6 10 12 23 -3 43
15 Brusque 36 12 8 16 40 54 18 8 5 5 23 16 18 4 3 11 17 38 -14 41
16 Remo 36 11 8 17 29 40 18 7 3 8 11 13 18 4 5 9 18 27 -11 41
17 Londrina 36 10 11 15 27 39 18 5 5 8 14 19 18 5 6 7 13 20 -12 41
18 Vitoria 36 8 16 12 30 28 18 5 7 6 18 13 18 3 9 6 12 15 2 40
19 Confianca 36 9 9 18 35 47 18 6 3 9 20 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -12 36
20 Brasil de Pelotas 36 4 11 21 23 47 18 4 6 8 14 20 18 0 5 13 9 27 -24 23

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.