Botafogo-SP vs Mirassol Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Botafogo-SP

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Botafogo-SP will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-0 Serie B loss in their previous game against Sport Recife.

In that game, Botafogo-SP had 54% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Botafogo-SP was Marcio Silva (45' Own goal). On the other side, Sport Recife had 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Vágner Love (60', 90') scored for Sport Recife.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Botafogo-SP have shown defensive steel. In fact, Botafogo-SP have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals on the way. We will have to see if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Mirassol

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Mirassol will come into the encounter following a 2-0 Serie B win to beat Vitoria in their previous game.

In that game, Mirassol had 57% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For their opponents, Vitoria had 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

In 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring Mirassol, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes to just 2, with the number of goals averaged by Mirassol standing at 1.17.

📋 Team News: Botafogo-SP

The Botafogo-SP manager Adílson Batista has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all before this match with a completely injury-free squad to pick from.

📋 Team News: Mirassol

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Mirassol manager Ricardo Catalá doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this match.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Mirassol certainly have the ability to break down this Botafogo-SP team, however it probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Botafogo-SP at the end of the 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:55 19/05/2023