Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Botafogo SP 16th on 32, América Mineiro 19th on 17. América Mineiro ranked 14th in the league on five-round form, well above their 19th table position. Per game in the league, Botafogo SP were scoring 1.1 and conceding 1.24, América Mineiro 0.72 and 1.69, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Botafogo SP wins, 1 for América Mineiro, 2 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Both teams scored in 83% of the meetings.
K. Gonçalves da Silva took charge of the match — our records show 20 games refereed with an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game. The venue was Estádio Santa Cruz, with room for 29,292 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Botafogo SP: Hebert Willian Badaró Oliveira (61'), Filipe Pereira Dahora (70' og) · América Mineiro: Fernando Elizari (55')
Key stats
Possession: Botafogo SP 45% · América Mineiro 55% · Total shots: 14-9 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 4-9