Botafogo host the first leg in this deciding Copa Sudamericana Quarter-finals game. Defensa y Justicia will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello before the return leg in 7 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Defensa y Justicia have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Only a few days to rest for the home team, as they had a Serie A match only four days back. That game was an away game at Sao Paulo, so at least Botafogo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Botafogo form and stats
Home games in the Serie A have been a walk in the park for Botafogo so far, with 30 points won from 10 matches; 10 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
An away draw last time out for Botafogo, facing Sao Paulo in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Perri was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.7 out of ten. Perri topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a Serie A home match hosting Internacional in a game that was won 3-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Botafogo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bahia are coming to town in four days.
Botafogo can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Defensively Botafogo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the group stage.The regulars enjoyed Justicia's previous fixture versus Emelec, a Copa Sudamericana win (1-0) played at home.
Ahead of that, the Copa Sudamericana win away at Emelec.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Platense.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Botafogo victories, zero draws and zero Defensa y Justicia wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 13 goals |   N. Fernández 12 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 4 goals |
Botafogo missing players
Defensa y Justicia missing players
| Botafogo | Defensa y Justicia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.1 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 13.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
