📊 Form Guide

Santos

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Santos are hoping to win again following a 0-1 Serie A triumph over Vitoria.

In that match, Santos managed 42% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Santos was Guilherme (18'). On the other side, Vitoria got 19 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.

Matches involving Santos have proved to be pretty unexciting ones lately with a scarcity of goals almost becoming expected. Over their past 6 games, the titchy aggregate goal total of 5 has been recorded between both them and their opponents at an average of 0.83 goals per match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Santos:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Botafogo in their previous 2 matches.
• haven't beaten Botafogo in their last 3 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Botafogo

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Botafogo head into the clash after a 1-0 Copa Libertadores win versus Universidad de Chile in their last match.

In that game, Botafogo had 35% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Botafogo was Igor Jesus (38'). At the other end, Universidad de Chile had 17 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Renato Paiva's Botafogo have fired home a total of 9 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same matches adds up to 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Botafogo:

• haven't beaten Santos when they've played them away from home in the last 8 matches in the league. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 20/09/2020 shows that Santos have won 2 of them & Botafogo 1, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A combined total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from Peixe and 7 netted by Fogão. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league fixture between the two was Serie A match day 35 on 26/11/2023 when it finished Botafogo 1-1 Santos.

On that occasion, Botafogo had 46% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Danilo Barbosa (11').

Santos got 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Messias (90') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

📰 Team News: Santos

Aderlan (Hamstring injury), João Schmidt (Hamstring injury), Diego Pituca (Achilles tendon problems) and Yeferson Soteldo (Hamstring muscle injury) won’t be able to feature for Santos manager Cléber Xavier.

In our view, Peixe could opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Gabriel Brazão, Leonardo Godoy, Joao Basso, Zé Ivaldo, Gonzalo Escobar, Tomas Rincon, Zé Rafael, Benjamín Rollheiser, Neymar Jr, Guilherme Augusto and Deivid Washington.

ℹ️ Team News: Botafogo

We reckon that Fogão seem likely to elect for a 4-4-2 system by sending out John, Vitinho, Jair Cunha, David Ricardo, Alex Telles, Artur, Gregore, Marlon Freitas, Allan, Rwan Cruz and Jefferson Savarino.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Botafogo and Santos could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore predicting a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of this one.

Renata Leite, 18:00 01/06/2025