Match Report
10 points for Sampaio Corrêa RJ (2nd), 9 for Botafogo (1st): a 1-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Botafogo: only 10th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Scoring rates set the scale: Sampaio Corrêa RJ 1.67 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Botafogo 1 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.29.
Botafogo's unbeaten run stood at 11, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sampaio Corrêa RJ 1, draws 0, Botafogo 3, at 2.75 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Estádio Lourival Gomes de Almeida, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. J. de Oliveira officiated: 8 games logged, averaging 4.1 yellow cards each. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sampaio Corrêa RJ: Lucas Marreta (51'), Rodrigo Angelotti (43') · Botafogo: Kauan Toledo (5')
Key stats
Possession: Sampaio Corrêa RJ 64% · Botafogo 36% · Total shots: 29-7 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 15-5