Botafogo will be hoping to bounce back here following the 3-2 Serie A losing effort in their last game against Cruzeiro.
In that game, Botafogo had 43% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Botafogo, goals were scored by Tiquinho Soares (5\') and Danilo Barbosa (83\'). For their opponents, Cruzeiro had 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Lucas Silva (20\'), Rafa Silva (65\') and Rafael Elias (91\') scored for Cruzeiro.
It’s been seldom in recent games where Botafogo have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Botafogo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals along the way.
Looking at their past form shows that Botafogo:
have not been beaten in the league by Atlético Goianiense in their last 2 games.
have not beaten Atlético Goianiense in their previous 6 matches in the league.
have not won at home in their last 8 matches in the league. It\'s been disappointing.
Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Flamengo in Serie A action, Atlético Goianiense will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Atlético Goianiense managed 32% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Atlético Goianiense was Luiz Fernando (63\'). On the other side, Flamengo had 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Nicolás de la Cruz (45\') and Pedro (103\') scored for Flamengo.
Jair Ventura\'s Atlético Goianiense have had reason to celebrate scoring 10 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 6.
Their previous form shows that Atlético Goianiense:
remain undefeated by Botafogo when they\'ve played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.
Head to head
An examination of their past head-to-head clashes going back to 23/07/2017 tells us that Botafogo have won 0 of these and Atlético Goianiense 2, with the tally of draws being 4.
A combined total of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 from Fogão and 8 netted by Dragão. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Serie A match day 22 on 14/08/2022 when it finished Botafogo 0-0 Atlético Goianiense.
In that game, Botafogo managed 54% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target.
For their opponents, Atlético Goianiense had 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Edina Alves Batista.
Team News: Botafogo
The Botafogo boss Artur Jorge doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match with a fully injury-free squad available for selection.
We think that Fogão may well go for a 4-4-2 formation featuring R. Gatito Fernández, Mateo Ponte, Lucas Halter, Bastos, Hugo, Luiz Henrique, Danilo Barbosa, Tchê Tchê, Oscar Romero, Júnior Santos and Tiquinho Soares.
Team News: Atlético Goianiense
Due to a fully healthy group to pick from, the Atlético Goianiense boss Jair Ventura does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.
It’s our belief that Dragão might elect for a 4-4-2 formation, giving starts to Ronaldo, Bruno Tubarão, Pedro Henrique, Luiz Felipe, Guilherme Romão, Shaylon, Rhaldney, Gabriel Baralhas, Alejo Cruz, Emiliano Rodríguez and Luiz Fernando.
Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Botafogo are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.
However, Atlético Goianiense will be up against it to score a goal of their own but do we see them being dangerous for periods. We therefore think that it’s going to be a decent 3-1 margin for Botafogo when the full-time whistle blows.
