About Match
Botafogo SP go into the game 15th in the table on 31 points; Sport Recife sit 9th on 38 — a 7-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.12/1.12 for Botafogo SP and 1.31/1 for Sport Recife (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.15. Sport Recife would climb to 41 points with a win and up to 7th (other results held equal).
Botafogo SP enter with three losses in a row.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Botafogo SP, 2 by Sport Recife, 2 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. 75% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
Estádio Santa Cruz in Ribeirão Preto hosts the game.