Botafogo vs Vitoria Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Botafogo

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Botafogo fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 3-1 Copa Libertadores victory against Universitario Deportes.

For Botafogo, goals were scored by Carlos Eduardo (47', 90') and Luiz Henrique (57').

Matches with Botafogo have proved to be engaging affairs of late with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of these belonging to Botafogo. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained here.

Vitoria

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Last time out, Vitoria drew 2-2 in the Serie A match with Bahia.

In that match, Vitoria managed 43% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Vitoria, the goalscorers were Matheuzinho (20') and Wagner Leonardo (57'). For their opponents, Bahia had 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. Biel (69') and Everaldo (72') scored for Bahia.

The stats don’t lie, and Vitoria have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. At the back, Vitoria certainly have room for improvement.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 14/06/2017 shows that Botafogo have won 2 of these games & Vitoria 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A combined total of 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 for Fogão and 9 belonging to Leão da Barra. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 27 on 30/09/2021 when it ended Vitoria 0-0 Botafogo.

On that occasion, Vitoria managed 50% possession and 9 shots at goal with 1 on target.

Botafogo had 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

📋 Team News: Botafogo

The Botafogo manager Artur Jorge will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully healthy group to pick from.

📰 Team News: Vitoria

With a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Vitoria boss Leo Condé does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this clash.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Botafogo have it within them to get the win and a possible clean sheet when they face Vitoria, who could well struggle finding the net themselves.

We’re tipping a comfortable 2-0 victory for Botafogo when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Lucas Pereira, 06:00 28/04/2024