Serie B match tips and statistics for the Juventude vs Botafogo SP duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi (30519 seats)

It's game day two of the Serie B campaign and all to play for. Read our thorough preview of Juventude-Botafogo SP!

These teams have little in common geographically as Botafogo SP have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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.

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Juventude form and stats

In the previous season, Juventude's league results were 3 wins, 13 draws and 22 losses, resulting in 20th spot in the Serie A. In these 38 matches they scored {29 goals} and let in 69. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Juventude managed 2-9-8 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 27 conceded. Juventude's first Serie B home game here at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 9 draws and 8 defeats from 19 matches.

The Juventude supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi: A 1-2 defeat against Botafogo SP (placed 4th). Boza, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Boza won 3 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Brasil de Pelotas.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Juventude have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 0 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

At Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, Juventude has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Botafogo SP form and stats

Let's have a look at how Botafogo SP performed last season in the Paulista A1: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded {17 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 6/7 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Serie B so far for Botafogo SP and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 losses from 6 travels.

Two away matches in a row for Botafogo SP, whose coach Batista could celebrate last time after the win against Juventude. Xuxa came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Juventude last time out, making the manager Batista feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Xuxa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Xuxa scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The game before was the Copa do Brasil-duel against Santos, a home defeat (0-2). We have checked recent matches where Botafogo SP have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Botafogo SP has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Botafogo SP have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (1-4-0) when playing Juventude.

Juventude and Botafogo SP have played each other before this season: Juventude - Botafogo SP 1-2. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Botafogo SPG. Vertuoso
G. Vertuoso
1 goals
Botafogo SPJ. Barros
J. Barros
1 goals

Juventude missing players

Botafogo SP missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Juventude Botafogo SP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 2 2
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
11 11 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7
7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11 11
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 20 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
20% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 40%
 
11 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 20
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Juventude Last season Botafogo SP
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   7 13
3 2   Won W   2 4
13 9   Drew D   1 2
22 8   Lost L   4 7
29 18   Scored S   6 14
69 27   Conceded C   9 19
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
71% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 77%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 38%
34% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 23%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 15%
55% 63%   BTTS BTTS   43% 54%
11% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 15%
39% 26%   Failed to Score F T   43% 31%
 
5.3 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4.1
6 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6.4
2.9 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
8 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.1 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 9.5
3.6 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.2
21% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 31%
 
15.6 12.6   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 12.8
5.2 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guarani 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Ituano 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Vila Nova 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Botafogo SP 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Mirassol 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sampaio Correa 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Atletico GO 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
8 ABC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ponte Preta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sport Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tombense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Vitoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Londrina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Criciuma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 CRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Novorizontino 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Juventude 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Chapecoense 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Ceara 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Avai 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 38 23 12 3 66 27 19 13 4 2 39 12 19 10 8 1 27 15 39 81
2 Internacional 38 20 13 5 58 31 19 13 5 1 40 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 27 73
3 Fluminense 38 21 7 10 63 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 9 4 6 24 21 22 70
4 Corinthians 38 18 11 9 44 36 19 12 4 3 24 11 19 6 7 6 20 25 8 65
5 Flamengo 38 18 8 12 60 39 19 11 3 5 37 15 19 7 5 7 23 24 21 62
6 Atletico Mineiro 38 15 13 10 45 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 7 8 4 20 19 8 58
7 Atletico PR 38 16 10 12 48 48 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 0 58
8 Fortaleza 38 15 10 13 46 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 19 8 2 9 22 26 7 55
9 Sao Paulo 38 13 15 10 55 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 19 5 9 5 23 21 13 54
10 America Mineiro 38 15 8 15 40 40 19 9 4 6 22 18 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 53
11 Botafogo 38 15 8 15 41 43 19 6 4 9 18 19 19 9 4 6 23 24 -2 53
12 Santos 38 12 11 15 44 41 19 8 5 6 28 19 19 4 6 9 16 22 3 47
13 Goias 38 11 13 14 40 53 19 6 8 5 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 31 -13 46
14 Bragantino 38 11 11 16 49 59 19 8 5 6 29 23 19 3 6 10 20 36 -10 44
15 Coritiba 38 12 6 20 39 60 19 11 4 4 25 16 19 1 2 16 14 44 -21 42
16 Cuiaba 38 10 11 17 31 42 19 6 8 5 17 15 19 4 3 12 14 27 -11 41
17 Ceara 38 7 16 15 34 41 19 4 8 7 20 22 19 3 8 8 14 19 -7 37
18 Atletico GO 38 8 12 18 39 57 19 6 5 8 22 23 19 2 7 10 17 34 -18 36
19 Avai 38 9 8 21 34 60 19 7 4 8 24 26 19 2 4 13 10 34 -26 35
20 Juventude 38 3 13 22 29 69 19 2 9 8 18 27 19 1 4 14 11 42 -40 22
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bragantino 12 6 2 4 15 10 6 4 1 1 10 3 6 2 1 3 5 7 5 20
2 Botafogo SP 12 4 2 6 14 17 6 2 1 3 8 10 6 2 1 3 6 7 -3 14
3 Santos 12 3 5 4 14 17 6 3 3 0 10 4 6 0 2 4 4 13 -3 14
4 Inter de Limeira 12 3 2 7 4 18 6 1 1 4 1 10 6 2 1 3 3 8 -14 11

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 Guarani 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Ituano 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Vila Nova 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Botafogo SP 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Mirassol 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sampaio Correa 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Atletico GO 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
8 ABC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ponte Preta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sport Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tombense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Vitoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Londrina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Criciuma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 CRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Novorizontino 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Juventude 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Chapecoense 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Ceara 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Avai 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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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.