Botafogo vs Santos Live Stream, Predictions (Jul 16)

📊 Form Guide

Botafogo

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Botafogo will be hoping to bounce back here following a 2-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Bahia.

In that game, Botafogo managed 31% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Botafogo, the goalscorers were Huguinho (7') and Nahuel Ferraresi (57' Own goal). Bahia had 24 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Duarte (92') was the scorer for Bahia.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Botafogo have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Botafogo have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 7 goals during that time.

Heading into this fixture, Botafogo have not lost a league tie with Santos in their previous 5 matches.

Santos

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Santos go into this meeting following on from a 3-1 Serie A win as they beat Vitoria in their last fixture.

In that game, Santos had 44% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Santos, the goals were scored by Miguel Terceros (19'), Álvaro Barreal (54') and Barbosa (56'). On the other side, Vitoria had 22 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Renê (74') was the scorer for Vitoria.

Showing their bias toward high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 21 times in the prior six games in which Santos have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Their opponents have managed 9 of this grand total. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Santos:

• have not beaten Botafogo in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• remain undefeated by Botafogo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league matches. A poor run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 21/07/2022 tells us that Botafogo have won 2 of these and Santos 1, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A combined total of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 from Fogão and 7 created by Peixe. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league meeting between these sides was Serie A match day 30 on 26/10/2025 when it finished Botafogo 2-2 Santos.

In that game, Botafogo had 55% possession and 18 shots at goal with 9 on target. Their only player to score was Joaquín Correa (1', 39').

Santos got 9 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Souza (26') and Álvaro Barreal (70') scored.

The referee was Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima.

📋 Team News: Botafogo

Arthur Cabral (muscular problems), Bastos (Muscle injury), Allan (Torn thigh muscle), Kaio (Knee problems), Nathan Fernandes (Inflammation of ligaments in the knee) and Júnior Santos (Foot injury) won’t be able to feature for Botafogo manager Franclim Carvalho. Álvaro Montoro will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

In all likelihood, Fogão should employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Léo Linck, Vitinho, Nahuel Ferraresi, Gabriel Justino, Alex Telles, Cristian Medina, Huguinho, Lucas Villalba, Jordan Barrera, Matheus Martins and Kauan Toledo.

ℹ️ Team News: Santos

Santos boss Cuca Stival has multiple availability issues to deal with. Thaciano (Hamstring injury), Vinicius Lira (Cruciate ligament injury), Moisés (Ankle sprain), Alexis Duarte (Cruciate ligament injury) and João Schmidt (Hamstring injury) are not ready for selection. Gabriel Barbosa is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

From our viewpoint, Peixe could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Gabriel Brazão, Gabriel Menino, Lucas Verissimo, Luan Peres, Gonzalo Escobar, Willian Arao, Gustavo Henrique, Benjamín Rollheiser, Miguel Terceros, Alvaro Barreal and Rony.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Santos have enough to find the back of the net against this Botafogo team, however it possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 victory for Botafogo by the conclusion of the game. Let’s just see how this one goes.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, backing Botafogo is available for 2.1, a wager on the draw is 3.5 and taking a punt on a victory for Santos is 3.25. These are the best prices that can be secured right now.

Renata Leite, 19:01 16/07/2026