Who will win when Botafogo visit Guarani? In this preview you'll find all the relevant information and statistics to make a prediction.
- Botafogo is in the best form (5-0-1)
The visiting Botafogo played their last game only three days ago, a Serie B match.
Guarani form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Guarani at their home stadium (Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Guarani are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Goias. Andrigo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Andrigo hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Avai.This is expected to be a close game, with Guarani perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Guarani as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Guarani has won eight of these, drawn two and lost five.
The manager D. Pollo Barioni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vitória in only three days.
Guarani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Guarani have conceded 11 goals.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Botafogo go into this game after a win, the home game against Brasil de Pelotas that ended 1-0. Rafael Navarro, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Navarro served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Operario PR's place.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: four wins for Botafogo, three draws and two defeats.
After this away game Botafogo return home for a Serie B game against Vila Nova. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Botafogo as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Botafogo have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Guarani-Botafogo H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Guarani zero wins, Botafogo one win, three draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Salmazzo 7 goals | B. da Silva 6 goals |  C. Medeiros Oliveira Santos 6 goals |
Guarani missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Guarani | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 44% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 39% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 33% | 22% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 39% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 44% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 15.7 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.4 | 12.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 29% | 22% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | 26% |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| 2 | CRB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Goias | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Avai | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Nautico | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Operario PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | CSA | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | Brusque | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Remo | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Vila Nova | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Londrina | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 18 | Vitória | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 19 | Confianca | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 13 |
| 20 | Brasil de Pelotas | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 12 |