Patronato host the first leg in this deciding Copa Sudamericana Round of 32 game. Botafogo will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estádio Nilton Santos before the return leg in 9 days.
It's quite the trip for Botafogo when visiting Patronato as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Patronato and Botafogo.
Patronato form and stats
Patronato are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Alvarado.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Flandria.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gimnasia Mendoza are coming to town in three days.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 5-0-2 from 7 games.
Two away matches in a row for Botafogo, whose manager Nascimento could celebrate last time after the win against Grêmio. Midfielder Freitas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Freitas served one assist, hit two key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 60 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Vasco da Gama in the Serie A.After this away game Botafogo return home for a Serie A game against Bragantino. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Botafogo have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. It's not easy to score on Botafogo as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 10 goals |   J. Esquivel 4 goals | J. Valdez Chamorro 3 goals |
Patronato missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Patronato | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 27 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 14.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | ||
| 8.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Cuiabá | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Bahia | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Goias | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 10 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 9 |
