Match Report
30 points for Botafogo (12th), 42 for Fluminense (4th): a 12-point gap. Per game in the league, Botafogo were scoring 1.54 and conceding 1.67, Fluminense 1.56 and 1.28, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Fluminense's winless run stood at 6. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Botafogo against 4/15 for Fluminense.
The head-to-head ledger counts 35 games: 14 Botafogo wins, 14 for Fluminense, 7 draws, at 1.77 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings.
Estádio Nilton Santos staged the fixture, a ground that holds 46,831. The referee was B. Arleu de Araujo, with 96 matches in our database and 3.4 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Botafogo led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Botafogo: Alex Telles (44') · Fluminense: Ignácio (58')
Key stats
Possession: Botafogo 41% · Fluminense 59% · Total shots: 22-14 · On target: 7-4 · Corners: 7-7