Santa Cruz vs Botafogo PB betting preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie C
Date: Sun 14.July
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel (60044 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Santa Cruz in 5th and Botafogo PB in 4th place.

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.

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Santa Cruz form and stats

The story so far for Santa Cruz at their home stadium (Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Santa Cruz's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Ferroviário. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Treze.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santa Cruz have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 3 Lost 0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santa Cruz as they are travelling to their away game against Sampaio Corrêa in the Serie C. That match is four days after this one.

The Santa Cruz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 matches. Santa Cruz have conceded 9 from these games.

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Botafogo PB form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Botafogo PB playing as the away team this season.

The manager Evaristo Piza was unhappy after their last game, a Serie C match played at their home ground Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel. Botafogo PB suffered a 1-2 loss to Sampaio Corrêa. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Náutico's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Botafogo PB in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Botafogo PB, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Botafogo PB as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games. 7 goals have been conceded by Botafogo PB in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Botafogo PB - Santa Cruz 1-1. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Santa Cruz, 3 draws and 2 wins for Botafogo PB. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Pipico
7 goals
Felipe Alves
5 goals
Dudu
2 goals

Santa Cruz missing players

Botafogo PB missing players

Santa Cruz Botafogo PB
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
11 6 0 Played 0 5 11
4 3 0 Won 0 1 4
4 2 0 Drew 0 2 4
3 1 0 Lost 0 2 3
16 11 0 Scored 0 4 16
18 9 0 Conceded 0 7 15
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 80% 91%
82% 83% 0% Over 1.5 0% 80% 91%
55% 67% 0% Over 2.5 0% 60% 64%
36% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 18%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 67% 0% BTTS 0% 60% 82%
18% 17% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 9%
27% 17% 0% Failed To Score 0% 40% 18%
 
4.4 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4 4.8
4.5 4.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.2 3.1
3.3 3.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3.2 2.8
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santa Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Botafogo PB have scored away.
  • Santa Cruz have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Santa Cruz
All Copa do Nordeste Copa do Brasil Serie B Serie C Pernambucano 1
All Home Away
09-06-19 SC Santa Cruz 3 - 1 Confianca
17-06-19 SC Globo 3 - 3 Santa Cruz
22-06-19 SC Santa Cruz 1 - 0 Náutico
27-06-19 SC Treze 2 - 0 Santa Cruz
05-07-19 SC Santa Cruz 0 - 2 Ferroviário
14-07-19 SC Santa Cruz 21:00 Botafogo PB
18-07-19 SC Sampaio Corrêa 23:00 Santa Cruz
27-07-19 SC ABC 20:00 Santa Cruz
02-08-19 SC Santa Cruz 23:00 Imperatriz
11-08-19 SC Confianca 19:00 Santa Cruz
Botafogo PB
All Copa do Nordeste Copa do Brasil Serie C Paraibano
All Home Away
09-06-19 SC Botafogo PB 3 - 1 Globo
24-06-19 SC Botafogo PB 4 - 2 Treze
30-06-19 SC Ferroviário 0 - 0 Botafogo PB
03-07-19 SC Náutico 2 - 1 Botafogo PB
06-07-19 SC Botafogo PB 1 - 2 Sampaio Corrêa
14-07-19 SC Santa Cruz 21:00 Botafogo PB
20-07-19 SC Botafogo PB 20:00 ABC
25-07-19 SC Imperatriz 23:00 Botafogo PB
04-08-19 SC Botafogo PB 21:00 Confianca
10-08-19 SC Globo 20:00 Botafogo PB

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ferroviário 11 7 2 2 18 10 5 4 1 0 9 3 6 3 1 2 9 7 8 23
2 Confiança 12 6 3 3 15 12 6 4 1 1 8 4 6 2 2 2 7 8 3 21
3 Sampaio Corrêa 11 5 3 3 14 15 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 1 2 8 10 -1 18
4 Botafogo PB 11 4 4 3 16 15 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 1 2 2 4 7 1 16
5 Santa Cruz 11 4 4 3 16 18 6 3 2 1 11 9 5 1 2 2 5 9 -2 16
6 Imperatriz 11 4 3 4 18 14 6 3 2 1 9 3 5 1 1 3 9 11 4 15
7 Náutico 11 4 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 9 7 6 2 1 3 4 6 0 15
8 Globo 11 2 4 5 14 17 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 0 2 4 5 11 -3 10
9 ABC 12 2 3 7 13 18 7 2 1 4 11 13 5 0 2 3 2 5 -5 9
10 Treze 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 0 2 4 9 16 -5 9

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