Match Report
5 points and 4 places separated them: Botafogo SP 15th with 31, Cuiabá 11th with 36. Cuiabá's recent output outran their position: 1st on form over five rounds, 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Botafogo SP were scoring 1.16 and conceding 1.12, Cuiabá 0.92 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
5 matches unbeaten backed Cuiabá's arrival.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Botafogo SP, 1 by Cuiabá, 3 drawn, at 1.8 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. These meetings skew tight — only 20% saw more than two goals.
Estádio Santa Cruz, capacity 29,292, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Botafogo SP: Everton Morelli (80') · Cuiabá: Vitor Mendes (62'), Kauan (87')
Key stats
Possession: Botafogo SP 60% · Cuiabá 40% · Total shots: 15-16 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 4-4