Botafogo vs Ceará Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Botafogo

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Botafogo will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-1 Copa do Brasil loss in their previous game against Cuiabá.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Botafogo have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Fogão have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 7 goals in the process.

Their prior results show that Botafogo:

• haven't beaten Ceará in their last 4 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Ceará

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In their previous fixture, Ceará drew 0-0 in the Copa do Brasil match with Santos.

Guto Ferreira's Ceará have converted a total of 7 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that period adds up to 6.

Pre-game facts show that Ceará:

• haven't been defeated by Botafogo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

There have been a high number of draws between the two sides. In their head to head clashes dating back to 04/06/2011, the records show 5 of them. That’s a really high 83 per cent of games finishing all-square.

An aggregate of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 of them from Fogão and 3 belonging to Vovô. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league fixture between these clubs was Série A match day 38 on 08/12/2019 when it ended Botafogo 1-1 Ceará.

On that occasion, Botafogo had 50% possession and 15 shots on goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Marcos Vinícius (39').

At the other end, Ceará had 14 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Galhardo (66') scored.

The match was refereed by Luis Flávio de Oliveira.

ℹ️ Team News: Botafogo

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Botafogo manager Paulo Autuori to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Lucas Barros (Knee Injury) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Ceará

Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, Ceará manager Guto Ferreira has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Ceará have it within them to put a goal past this Botafogo team, however it might not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Botafogo when the full-time whistle blows. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Renata Leite, 11:16 27/10/2020