About Match
Botafogo SP and Ceará go into the game level on 31 points, 15th against 16th in the table. Ceará's recent output outruns their position: 11th on form over five rounds, 16th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Botafogo SP 1.12 scored and 1.12 conceded per game, Ceará 1.04 and 1.27, with the league averaging 1.15. Three points here take Ceará to 34 and up to 15th, overtaking Botafogo SP, assuming other results stand.
Botafogo SP arrive off three straight defeats.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Botafogo SP 1, draws 1, Ceará 3, at 3.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue is Estádio Santa Cruz in Ribeirão Preto, with room for 29,292 spectators.




