Match Report
Criciúma, 18th on 38 points, faced a 41-point deficit to Botafogo (1st, 79). Scoring rates set the scale: Botafogo 1.55 scored and 0.76 conceded per game, Criciúma 1.11 and 1.61, with the league averaging 1.22.
Botafogo carried an 11-game unbeaten run into this.
5 meetings are on record — 3 won by Botafogo, 1 by Criciúma, 1 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in Rio de Janeiro, capacity 78,838, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Botafogo: Tiquinho Soares (90') · Criciúma: Felipe Vizeu (90')