📊 Form Guide

Palmeiras

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Palmeiras will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 0-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Fluminense.

In that game, Palmeiras managed 58% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Fluminense had 7 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Kevin Serna (37') scored for Fluminense.

Abel Ferreira's Palmeiras have scored 7 times over their last six outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 6.

Botafogo

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Since a loss in their previous game against Racing Club in Recopa Sudamericana competition, Botafogo will be aiming to make amends here.

Matías Zaracho (50') and Bruno Zuculini (69') scored for Racing Club.

The stats tell the story, and Botafogo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in all. In defence, Botafogo have been far from perfect. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall persist in this game or not.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 25/06/2023 tells us that Palmeiras have won 1 of these & Botafogo 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 of them for Verdão and 12 belonging to Fogão. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 36 on 27/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Palmeiras 1-3 Botafogo.

That day, Palmeiras managed 55% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Richard Ríos (93').

For their opponents, Botafogo had 13 shots on goal with 7 on target. Gregore (19'), Jefferson Savarino (73') and Adryelson (89') scored.

The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

ℹ️ Team News: Palmeiras

Paulinho (Cracked bone), Bruno Rodrigues (Knee injury) and Marcos Rocha (Hamstring injury) will not be able to play for Palmeiras manager Abel Ferreira.

It’s our opinion that Verdão look set to line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Weverton, Mayke, Murilo Cerqueira, Micael, Vanderlan, Anibal Moreno, Emiliano Martinez, Estevao, Raphael Veiga, Facundo Torres and Vitor Roque.

ℹ️ Team News: Botafogo

Botafogo manager Renato Paiva has multiple availability issues to deal with. Nathan Fernandes (Thigh problems) and Danilo Barbosa (Inflammation of pubic bone) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that Fogão could decide to play in a 4-3-3 lineup using John Victor, Vitinho, Alexander Barboza, Bastos, Alex Telles, Gregore, Marlon Freitas, Patrick Carneiro, Artur Guimaraes, Igor Jesus and Santiago Rodriguez.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment is that Palmeiras can and should be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

Conversely, Botafogo may well find it hard to break down their defence but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 victory for Palmeiras come full-time.

Peter Guest, 18:03 30/03/2025