Corinthians vs Botafogo Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Corinthians

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Corinthians go into this fixture after a 4-4 Serie A stalemate versus Grêmio.

In that game, Corinthians managed 54% possession and 23 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Corinthians, the goals were scored by Fábio Santos (43'), Lucas Veríssimo (44'), Yuri Alberto (45') and Giuliano (67'). Grêmio got 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Nathan (20'), Franco Cristaldo (26'), Everton Galdino (50') and Luis Suárez (58') scored for Grêmio.

Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Corinthians have been participants. In terms of the goal attribution during that period, opposition teams scored a total of 5 while Corinthians managed a tally of 4. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this game, of course.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Corinthians:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Botafogo

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Atlético Mineiro in Serie A action, Botafogo and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Botafogo managed 59% possession and 7 shots on goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Atlético Mineiro had 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. Paulinho (81') was the scorer for Atlético Mineiro.

During their six latest matches, Bruno Lage's Botafogo have had reason to celebrate scoring 6 times therefore yielding them a goals per game average of 1.

Taking a look at their past results, Botafogo:

• have not beaten Corinthians in games played away from home for the previous 8 league games. Very poor away form.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 24/11/2019 tells us that Corinthians have won 3 of them & Botafogo 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them from Timão and 7 created by Fogão. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 5 on 11/05/2023 when it ended Botafogo 3-0 Corinthians.

That time, Botafogo had 53% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Tiquinho Soares (12', 65') and Carlos Eduardo (81').

For their opponents, Corinthians had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Anderson Daronco.

📰 Team News: Corinthians

Giovane (Hamstring Injury) and Paulinho (Ruptured knee ligament) won’t be able to feature for Corinthians manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

In all likelihood, Timão could kick off with a 4-4-2 formation this time, utilising Cassio, Fagner, Lucas Verissimo, Caetano, Fabio Santos, Gabriel Moscardo, Maycon, Renato Augusto, Matías Rojas, Pedro and Yuri Alberto.

🗞️ Team News: Botafogo

We reckon that Fogão will likely begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, settling for Lucas Perri, Leonel Di Placido, Adryelson, Víctor Cuesta, Fernando Marcal, Carlos Eduardo, Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê, Júnior Santos, Tiquinho Soares and Joao Victor Sá.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Botafogo and Corinthians may well both score, with little between these two teams.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. Therefore, we predict a score draw at the end of this one.

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Peter Guest, 10:25 18/09/2023