Match Report
10 points for Botafogo (11th), 8 for Nacional (17th): a 2-point gap. On recent form Nacional sat only 24th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 17th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1/0.83 for Botafogo and 0.83/0.5 for Nacional (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.53.
Botafogo had not won in 5 games.
Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,113. On the scoreboard, Botafogo led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.