Botafogo host the first leg in this deciding Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 game. Guaraní will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estadio Rogelio Lorenzo Livieres before the return leg in 9 days.
Guaraní have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Serie A fixture only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Coritiba, was also a home game here at Estádio Nilton Santos. The away team is better rested.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have been outstanding at home so far in the Serie A with 9 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
The Botafogo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Coritiba and win 4-1. Midfield player Sauer got a match rating of 9.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Sauer scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
2-2 away at Santos before that.Botafogo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 1 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Botafogo after this match as they are travelling to Cruzeiro for a Serie A game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Botafogo are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Botafogo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Guaraní form and stats
Guaraní are yet to lose a point on their Division 1 travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
There were no winners in Guaraní's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Nacional Asuncion.
Preceding that game was the away Division 1 victory against Tacuary with the score of 1-0.Guaraní have another match away from home in just four nights, a Division 1 match against Olimpia. A hard diary for the visitors!
Guaraní have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 13 goals |   N. Camacho Ledesma 8 goals |  F. Barcelo Viera 5 goals |
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| Botafogo | Guaraní | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 13.4 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Internacional | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Santos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Goiás | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Bahia | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Resistencia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Tacuary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | General Caballero JLM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Guaraní | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Nacional Asuncion | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Guairena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sportivo Trinidense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Sportivo Ameliano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Olimpia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Sportivo Luqueno | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
