Match Report
49 points separated the sides: Botafogo 1st on 79, Cuiabá 20th on 30. In league terms the two rates read 1.55/0.76 for Botafogo and 0.76/1.29 for Cuiabá (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.22.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Botafogo 2, draws 0, Cuiabá 3, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, capacity 46,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.