Botafogo vs Chapecoense-sc Prediction & Betting Tips

Form guide from both sides

Botafogo have picked up seven wins, six draws and seven losses in their last 20 matches, scoring 24 and conceding 28. That's fairly even form, not the run of a side cruising through games.

Botafogo: 20 completed matches; Chapecoense-sc: 20 completed matches.

Botafogo

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

28

Difference

-4

Chapecoense-sc

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

32

Difference

-9

Chapecoense have won just five of their last 20, drawing five and losing ten, conceding 34 in that spell. There have been some heavy nights too, including a 0-4 defeat away at Flamengo and back-to-back league losses to Internacional and Corinthians this month.

Chapecoense's away form especially has been leaky, and that matters with this game on the road for them.

Comparative Team Statistics: Botafogo vs Chapecoense-sc

Head-to-head: recent meetings tell a different story

These two have crossed paths three times already this year. Chapecoense won 4-1 in the league back in April, Botafogo replied with a 1-0 Copa do Brasil win days earlier, then Chapecoense won the home leg 2-0 in May.

Going further back, the fixture history includes several one-goal results for both sides stretching to 2014, but those older meetings don't tell us much about the teams as they stand now.

Chapecoense have actually had the better of this specific fixture lately, despite where the two clubs sit in the table.

Where they sit in the table

Botafogo are 12th with 35 points from 28 games. Chapecoense are down in 20th with just 18 points from 27, a gap of 17 points between the sides.

That's a clear separation on paper, though we're only looking at these two teams' league placings here rather than the full picture of the division.

Injuries and key men

Botafogo's Danilo Santos has been their most productive forward with nine goals in 21 matches, with Arthur Cabral not far behind on seven. Álvaro Montoro and Alex Telles have supplied most of the assists. On the fitness side, Botafogo have a few question marks: J. Correa with a muscle issue, Marcal with a knee problem and S. Rodriguez also listed as questionable.

Botafogo:

Best scorers:

Danilo Santos - 9

Arthur Cabral - 7

Best assist providers:

Álvaro Montoro - 5

Alex Telles - 4

Penalty cards:

A. Barboza x 1 x 5

C. Medina x 1 x 4

Injury list:

J. Correa

Marcal

S. Rodriguez

Chapecoense-sc:

Best assist providers:

Giovanni Augusto - 5

Penalty cards:

Doma x 1 x 6

Camilo x 7

Injury list:

Robert Conceicao

Marcos Vinicius

Mauricio Garcez

Chapecoense's own list features several players marked as inactive and questionable, including Marcos Vinicius and Mauricio Garcez, while Giovanni Augusto has been their main creative outlet with five assists this season.

Botafogo carry a few fitness doubts of their own, so their attack isn't guaranteed to be at full strength either.

How this one might play out

On the table, Botafogo look the stronger side by some distance, and their home form has generally been solid enough. But Chapecoense have shown in this exact fixture that they can trouble Botafogo, winning two of the last three meetings between them.

With Botafogo's home form only moderate and Chapecoense's away form weak but capable of an upset in this particular matchup, this looks like a game where recent head-to-head patterns cut against the standings gap.