Avaí 0-2 Botafogo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 4 August 2019
Result
Avaí 0-2 Botafogo
Serie A · Sunday 4 August 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Avaí 0-2 Botafogo: match report
Avaí lost to Botafogo 0-2 in Serie A on Sunday 4 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Alex Santana opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Avaí did not score. Botafogo scored through Alex Santana (19') and Marcelo Benevenuto (50').
Discipline: Avaí received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Botafogo received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Avaí were 20th on 5 points from 12 and Botafogo 13th on 16 points from 12. Avaí went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Botafogo 15th with 43.
Avaí lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelo Benevenuto of Botafogo (9.0), ahead of Marcinho (8.4).
Going into the match Avaí's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Botafogo's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Alex Santana
- 50'Goal · Marcelo Benevenuto
- 61'Yellow card · Gabriel
- 66'Yellow card · Igor
- 81'Red card · André Moritz
- 86'Yellow card · João Paulo
Team news
Avaí line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vladimir, Betão, Igor Fernandes, Léo, Marquinhos, Pedro Castro, Bruno Sávio, João Paulo, Richard Franco, Gustavo Henrique Ferrareis, Lourenço
Botafogo line-up (4-1-4-1)
Roberto Fernández, Gabriel, Marcelo Benevenuto, Marcinho, Gil Guerreiro, Alex Santana, Cícero, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, João Paulo, Luiz Fernando, Diego Souza