📊 Form Guide

São Paulo

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São Paulo head into this fixture following a 1-1 Copa Sudamericana drawn match versus Millonarios.

In that game, São Paulo managed 62% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for São Paulo was Luciano (9'). At the other end, Millonarios had 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Jorge Cabezas (81') scored for Millonarios.

São Paulo have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, São Paulo have seen their goal breached in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Pre-game facts show that São Paulo:

• have not lost a league tie with Botafogo in their last 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Botafogo

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Botafogo head into the match following a 0-3 Copa Sudamericana win in the defeat of Independiente Petrolero in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Botafogo had 67% possession and 41 attempts on goal with 19 of them on target. For Botafogo, the goals were scored by Cristian Medina (24') and Jordan Barrera (82'). At the other end, Independiente Petrolero had 4 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Botafogo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. At the back, Botafogo can certainly do much better.

Leading up to this clash, Botafogo:

• are winless against São Paulo in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 24/07/2024, neither club has come out on top overall with São Paulo winning 1 of those games, Botafogo 1 and 4 being drawn in normal time.

A combined total of 14 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Tricolor Paulista and 7 being from Fogão. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Serie A match day 23 on 14/09/2025 which ended up with the score at São Paulo 1-0 Botafogo.

On that occasion, São Paulo managed 48% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Juan Ignacio Dinenno (7').

Botafogo got 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

📋 Team News: São Paulo

We are thinking that Tricolor Paulista will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Rafael, Lucas Ramon, Alan Franco, Sabino, Wendell, Pablo Maia, Danielzinho, Artur, Luciano, Aldemir Ferreira and Jonathan Calleri.

ℹ️ Team News: Botafogo

Botafogo manager Franclim Carvalho has multiple availability issues to deal with. Allan (Torn thigh muscle), Bastos (Muscle injury), Kaio (Knee problems), Júnior Santos (Foot injury), Matheus Martins (Muscle injury), Newton (unknown injury) and Nathan Fernandes (Inflammation of ligaments in the knee) are not able to play. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Alex Telles, Cristian Medina and Mateo Ponte.

From our viewpoint, Fogão will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Neto, Vitinho, Nahuel Ferraresi, Gabriel Justino, Fernando Marcal, Huguinho, Edenilson, Lucas Villalba, Alvaro Montoro, Kadir Barría and Arthur Cabral.

⚡ Prediction

In our view, Botafogo have the capability to breach the defence of this São Paulo lineup, although that probably won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a 2-1 win for São Paulo after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Victor Martins, 19:03 23/05/2026