About Match
The table reads 12th (Botafogo, 35 pts) against 5th (Bahia, 46 pts), 11 points apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.46/1.61 for Botafogo and 1.54/1.25 for Bahia (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.33. Three points here take Botafogo to 38 and up to 8th, assuming other results stand.
Botafogo have banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Bahia, 12.
27 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Botafogo 8, draws 5, Bahia 14, at 2.59 goals per meeting. 1.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.59.
The venue is Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, with room for 46,831 spectators.




