The Serie B match at Estádio Santa Cruz on Friday sees home side Botafogo-SP up against opponents in América Mineiro.
View all Botafogo-SP v América Mineiro tips, stats and our pre-match poll below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Botafogo-SP
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Botafogo-SP, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-1 Copa do Brasil success over Anápolis.
The only player to score from Botafogo-SP was Matheus Costa (45').
It’s been seldom in recent times where Botafogo-SP have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Botafogo-SP have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 10 goals in the process.
América Mineiro
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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Maringá in Copa do Brasil competition, América Mineiro and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
Vilar (100') was the scorer for Maringá.
Looking at their form, and América Mineiro have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 14 goals in total. In defence, América Mineiro just haven’t been too solid at all. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if that trend will be replicated in this upcoming match.
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Head to head
The last league game between the two was Serie B match day 35 on 16/01/2021 which ended up with the score at América Mineiro 1-1 Botafogo-SP.
In that game, América Mineiro had 64% possession and 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Messias (78').
Botafogo-SP got 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Victor Bolt (34') scored.
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Team News: Botafogo-SP
The Botafogo-SP boss Marcelo Chamusca will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this game thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from.
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Team News: América Mineiro
With a fully healthy group to choose from, the América Mineiro manager Diogo Giacomini has no fitness worries to report before this match.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that América Mineiro and Botafogo-SP are both capable of scoring here.
Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. That is why we are leaning toward a close game with a 1-1 scoreline at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
17:10 18/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Botafogo-SP
Formed: 1918
Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz (29,292)
Captain: Fillipe Soutto
Chairman: Adalberto Baptista
Manager: Marcelo Chamusca
Competitions: Copa do Brasil (Second Round)