The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Confiança are in the 12th position while the guesting Botafogo SP worry at 19th.
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 have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Confiança form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Confiança have to build on here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in the Serie B.
Confiança manager D. Pollo Barioni and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Parana (placed 6th) in the Serie B. Ahead of that match, Confiança lost 0-2 at home to Chapecoense.
The Confiança fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Confiança have conceded 9 goals.
Botafogo SP form and stats
There's been little loot from Botafogo SP's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Serie B. Botafogo SP only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Botafogo are looking to quickly end their 200 minutes long goal drought in the Serie B.
The manager C. dos Santos Oliveira was unhappy after their last game, a Serie B match played at their home ground Estádio Santa Cruz. Botafogo SP suffered a 0-1 loss to Cruzeiro (placed 15th). A 0-0 draw at Operario PR's stadium before that.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Botafogo SP's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Botafogo in these games.
Head 2 Head
Botafogo SP - Confiança 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  R. Gorne Silva 5 goals | I. Reis Silva Morais 4 goals |  W. de Sousa 3 goals |
Confiança missing players
Botafogo SP missing players
| Confiança | Botafogo SP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 30% | 40% |
| 35% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 255 | 126 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 129 | 249 |
| 87 | 47 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 38 | 83 |
| 25% | 26% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 11% | 14% |
- Botafogo SP has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 (4) in Serie B
- Botafogo SP have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Confiança have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Botafogo SP have scored away.
- Confiança 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 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | America Mineiro | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Cuiaba | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 5 | Juventude | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Parana | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | CSA | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Avai | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | CRB | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Operario PR | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Confiança | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Guarani | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 16 | Vitoria | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Nautico | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Oeste | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -27 | 8 |