Match Report
Botafogo, 6th with 63 points, sat 20 points above Ceará (17th, 43). Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Ceará ran at 0.89 scored and 1.05 conceded, Botafogo at 1.53 and 1.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ceará 1, draws 7, Botafogo 3, at 2.55 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 27% of meetings won. Recent editions have opened up: 3.6 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.55 historically.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 63,908. On the scoreboard, Botafogo led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Botafogo: Jeffinho (78'), Chris Ramos (39')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 52% · Botafogo 48% · Total shots: 21-10 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 9-5