2015| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botafogo SP | 15 | D1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11/15 | 11-4 |
| Gama | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10/15 | 9-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botafogo SP | 2 | 8 | 13 | 6 | WWWDD | 3 | -1 |
| Gama | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | WLWDD | 18 | -15 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2015-09-13
The points column showed no gap: 13 apiece, Botafogo SP 2nd and Gama 3rd. Gama had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, Botafogo SP ran at 1.38 scored and 0.63 conceded, Gama at 1.13 and 0.75.
Botafogo SP were unbeaten in 5.
The match was played at Estádio Santa Cruz (capacity 29,292). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
