Match Report
Guarani (7th, 60 pts) visited Botafogo (1st, 70 pts) with 10 points between them. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Botafogo ran at 1.47 scored and 0.82 conceded, Guarani at 1.42 and 1.08.
Defeat had not touched Botafogo in 8 games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Botafogo against 7/15 for Guarani.
Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, capacity 46,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-2.