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Red Bull Bragantino

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Red Bull Bragantino won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Fluminense.

In that game, Red Bull Bragantino had 55% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Red Bull Bragantino was Isidro Pitta (83'). Fluminense had 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Lima (35') and Martinelli (92') scored for Fluminense.

It has not been often in recent times where Red Bull Bragantino haven’t conceded. In fact, Red Bull Bragantino have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 8 goals in the process.

Taking a look at their past results, Red Bull Bragantino:

• have not beaten Botafogo in their previous 6 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Botafogo

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Botafogo will come into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Copa Libertadores win to beat Carabobo in their previous fixture.

In that game, Botafogo managed 71% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Botafogo, the goalscorers were Patrick de Paula (88') and Matheus Martins (98'). On the other side, Carabobo got 7 shots on goal with 2 on target.

For 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Botafogo, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell comes out as a mere 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Fogão being 0.33. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Coming into this clash, Botafogo are unbeaten in their previous 8 away league matches. Impressive, to say the least.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at past results between these clubs stretching back to 04/07/2022 shows that these fixtures have not been good ones for Red Bull Bragantino. They’ve not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Botafogo have been the better of the two, running out winners in 83% of those games played.

An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 4 of them for Leão da Zona and 10 coming from Fogão. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 31 on 26/10/2024 and the score finished Red Bull Bragantino 0-1 Botafogo.

In that match, Red Bull Bragantino had 39% possession and 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

At the other end, Botafogo had 19 shots at goal with 5 on target. Gregore (86') scored.

The match was refereed by Anderson Daronco.

ℹ️ Team News: Red Bull Bragantino

Fernando (Tendonitis), Nathan Mendes (Thigh problems) and Agustín Sant'Anna (Thigh problems) will not be able to play for Red Bull Bragantino boss Fernardo Seabra.

📰 Team News: Botafogo

Botafogo boss Renato Paiva has to choose a team with limited availability. Nathan Fernandes (Thigh problems), Danilo Barbosa (Inflammation of pubic bone), Bastos (Knee injury) and Marçal (Fitness) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Botafogo and Red Bull Bragantino could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. That’s why our selection here is for a tight encounter, finishing with a score draw at the end of this one.

Lucas Pereira, 18:08 12/04/2025