📏 Form Guide

Botafogo

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Botafogo will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 5-1 Serie A triumph over Juventude.

In that game, Botafogo managed 54% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Botafogo, the goals were scored by Júnior Santos (4'), Tiquinho Soares (9'), Danilo Barbosa (53'), Jefferson Savarino (61') and Jacob Montes (80'). Juventude got 12 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Danilo Boza (85') scored for Juventude.

In their last 6 fixtures, Artur Jorge's Botafogo have hit the target a combined total of 5 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.

Universitario Deportes

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In their last fixture, Universitario Deportes drew 1-1 in the Copa Libertadores tie with Junior.

The only name on the scoresheet from Universitario Deportes was Aldo Corzo (22'). Déiber Caicedo (44') was the scorer for Junior.

The stats don’t lie, and Universitario Deportes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals overall. In defence, Universitario Deportes have not been doing too well. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be sustained in this next match.

📋 Team News: Botafogo

The Botafogo boss Artur Jorge has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

📰 Team News: Universitario Deportes

Due to a fully healthy group available to choose from, the Universitario Deportes manager Fabián Bustos has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game.

⚡ Prediction

For this match, we think that Botafogo should really get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against Universitario Deportes, who might well find it a difficult task scoring.

Therefore, we are anticipating a controlled 2-0 victory for Botafogo at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 21:00 24/04/2024