Both Santa Cruz and Botafogo PB are longing for points in this fixture, even with the away team holding a 15 point advantage so far.
- Santa Cruz have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Serie C
- Botafogo PB have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Serie C
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.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Santa Cruz's struggle is real here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel with only 6 points collected from 8 Serie C games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. Santa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Fernandes Barros and the players.
In their previous game, the manager J. Fernandes Barros led his Santa Cruz to a defeat in the Serie C match away at Tombense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Altos (0-1).Santa have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Santa have conceded 9 goals.
Botafogo PB form and stats
The visitors are W1-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C. The away side now have five successive draws when involved as the away side.
Botafogo PB have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C.
The supporters enjoyed Botafogo's previous game versus Jacuipense (placed 9th), a Serie C 1-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Manaus that ended 0-0.Botafogo are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. Botafogo are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Botafogo PB - Santa 1-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head match, played this season. Last ten meetings between these squads: Santa won three, Botafogo PB triumphed in four and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |  W. Paragua de Melo 4 goals | W. de Freitas Soares 2 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
Botafogo PB missing players
| Santa Cruz | Botafogo PB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 38% | 65% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 59% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 41% |
| 6.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 20% | 18% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 33% |
- Botafogo PB have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Serie C
- Botafogo PB have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Serie C
- Botafogo PB have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie C
- Botafogo PB have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie C
- Botafogo PB have the most clean sheets (10) in Serie C
- Botafogo PB have the most clean sheets (6) away in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Cruz have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have the fewest points (6) at home in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Tombense | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Paysandu | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 3 | Botafogo PB | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Manaus | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 5 | Ferroviário | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Volta Redonda | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Altos | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Floresta | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Jacuipense | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Santa Cruz | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 11 |