Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's starring characters are Coritiba and Botafogo, victory is the prize and 90 minutes the length.
- Coritiba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Botafogo is in the best form (4-1-1)
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Botafogo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Coritiba form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Serie B games here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira for Coritiba. The data says 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The Coritiba fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira and will expect new points from this game. Coritiba has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Coritiba enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Avai's place. The match ended 2-1 with Igor Paixão and Léo Gamalho scoring. Léo Gamalho, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.62 (out of 10). Gamalho scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ponte Preta.This is expected to be a close game, with Coritiba perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coritiba as a small favourite), we find ten games. Coritiba has won six of these, drawn three and lost one.
A decent goal production from Coritiba in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Coritiba have conceded only 6 goals.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-5 (10 played).
Botafogo had fun at their own home (Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira) last time out, beating Vila Nova 3-2. Diego Gonçalves, Chay and Rafael Navarro scored. Midfielder Hugo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Hugo served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, Botafogo travelled to Guarani and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Botafogo, four draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Botafogo when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Botafogo have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived match featuring both these crews is the Botafogo - Coritiba 2-0 played not long ago this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Coritiba, four draws and four wins for Botafogo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Gamalho de Souza 10 goals |  C. Medeiros Oliveira Santos 7 goals | R. Navarro Leal 6 goals |
Coritiba missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Coritiba | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 22 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 80% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 45% |
| 45% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 37% | 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 19% | 28% |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botafogo have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Coritiba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Coritiba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Coritiba have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Coritiba 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 | Coritiba | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 |
| 2 | CRB | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | Goias | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Avai | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Botafogo | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Operario PR | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Sampaio Correa | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Nautico | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Guarani | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | CSA | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| 12 | Remo | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Brusque | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Londrina | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Vila Nova | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 18 | Vitoria | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 19 | Confianca | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Brasil de Pelotas | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 13 |