Goias will take a trip to Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos on Monday to face Botafogoin this Serie A game. Showdown scheduled for June 6, 2022 16:00 EAT.
The hosts currently sit 9th in the table with 12 points from 8 matches played. In their previous five fixtures, two wins, two draws and one loss has been recorded. Fogo have given the opposition little, resulting in the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their last 6 games standing at 4.
Luís Castro’s side will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Serie A loss in their previous game against Coritiba. In that game, Botafogo managed 72% possession, 18 shots with 3 of them on target. Coritiba got 15 shots with 5 of them on target and a goal scored by Igor Paixão (29′).
Meanwhile, the visitors sit 16th in the standings with 9 points from 8 matches played. Two wins, two draws and one loss has been recorded in their last five games. In 5 of their last 6 games, the overall average goals scored per game during that spell comes out as a meagre 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Verdão being 1.
Jair Ventura’s men will go into this match following on from a 0-1 Copa do Brasil win vs Red Bull Bragantino in their last outing. Matheus Sales (43’) was the scorer for Goias. They began the season without a victory in their first four domestic encounters but were able to make up ground last month, collecting points in three of their four league games, bringing them above relegation for the time being.
Botafogo vs Goias head to head
These two teams have had 24 encounters since 2004; Goias has 12 wins while Botafogo has 6 wins and 6 games ended in stalemates.
- Goias 1-1 Botafogo 27/10/21
- Botafogo 0-2 Goias 21/07/21
- Goias 2-0 Botafogo 13/02/21
- Botafogo 0-0 Goias 20/10/20
- Botafogo 3-1 Goias 10/10/19
Home
- Coritiba 1-0 Botafogo
- America FC MG 1-1 Botafogo
- Botafogo 3-1 Fortaleza
- Botafogo 3-0 Ceilandia
- Flamengo 0-1 Botafogo
Away
- Bragantino 8-9 Goias
- Goias 1-1 Bragantino
- Flamengo 1-0 Goias
- Goias 1-0 Santos
- Goianiense GO 0-1 Goias
Botafogo team news
Luís Castro will miss the services of Rafael due to injury.
Goias team news
Jair Ventura will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
Goias should be able to find the back of the net against this Botafogo outfit, but that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.
- Botafogo win
- Both teams to win
- Goals over 2.5
