📊 Form Guide

Botafogo

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Botafogo will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-0 Serie A success against Atlético Goianiense.

In that game, Botafogo had 53% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Botafogo was Mateo Ponte (32'). Atletico Goianiense had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Botafogo have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Botafogo have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 11 goals during that time.

Leading up to this clash, Botafogo:

• are unbeaten in the league by Juventude in their last 5 games.
• are winless against Juventude in their previous 3 league matches.

Juventude

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Juventude will go into this game following a 2-0 Serie A win with the defeat of Corinthians in their most recent game.

In that match, Juventude had 45% possession and 16 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Juventude, the goalscorers were Jean Carlos (53') and Lucas Barbosa (59'). Corinthians got 17 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

A series of accomplished performances by the Juventude defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 outings overall. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9. That pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, however.

Their past results show that Juventude:

• are winless against Botafogo when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not good at all.
• are undefeated in their last 6 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings going back to 21/05/2006 shows us that Botafogo have won 2 of these & Juventude 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

In all, 16 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Fogão and 7 created by Juve. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Serie A match day 23 on 21/08/2022 when it ended Juventude 2-2 Botafogo.

That day, Juventude managed 35% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Isidro Pitta (9', 65').

Botafogo got 19 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Júnior Santos (61') and Gabriel Pires (72') scored.

The match was refereed by Raphael Claus.

📋 Team News: Botafogo

The Botafogo manager Artur Jorge will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

In all likelihood, Fogão will probably go for a 4-4-2 formation for this one, beginning the first half with R. Gatito Fernández, Damian Suarez, Lucas Halter, Bastos, Hugo, Luiz Henrique, Tchê Tchê, Gregore, Jeffinho, Júnior Santos and Tiquinho Soares.

🗞️ Team News: Juventude

Due to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, the Juventude boss Roger Machado does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this game.

We are inclined to think that Juve might utilise a 4-4-2 system, starting Gabriel, João Lucas, Danilo Boza, Rodrigo Sam, Gabriel Inocencio, Caique Gonçalves, Jean Carlos, Luis Mandaca, Nenê, Lucas Barbosa and Erick Farias.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Juventude have the ability to find the back of the net against this Botafogo outfit, however that realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Botafogo by the conclusion of the game. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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

Renata Leite, 21:04 21/04/2024