Botafogo 0-1 América Mineiro: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 16 June 2016
Result
Botafogo 0-1 América Mineiro
Serie A · Thursday 16 June 2016, 00:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Botafogo 0-1 América Mineiro: match report
Botafogo lost to América Mineiro 0-1 in Serie A on Thursday 16 June 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.
Sassá opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Sassá (24', penalty), Sassá (32') and Sassá (39', penalty). América Mineiro scored through Bruno Sávio (48').
Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; América Mineiro received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 18th on 5 points from 7 and América Mineiro 19th on 5 points from 7. Botafogo went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and América Mineiro 20th with 32.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and América Mineiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sassá of Botafogo (9.5), ahead of Bruno Silva (8.2).
Going into the match Botafogo's last five read D-L-D-L-D and América Mineiro's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Renan Fonseca
- 24'Penalty goal · Sassá
- 32'Goal · Sassá
- 37'Yellow card · João Ricardo
- 39'Penalty goal · Sassá
- 48'Goal · Bruno Sávio
- 86'Yellow card · Bruno Sávio
- 90+3'Yellow card · Neílton
Team news
Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sidão, Emerson Silva, Renan Fonseca, Luis Ricardo, Diogo Barbosa, Airton, Neilton Meira Mestzk, Bruno Silva, Leandrinho, Gervasio Núñez, Sassá
América Mineiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
João Ricardo, Ștefan Preda, Artur, Adalberto, Danilo Barcelos, Juninho, Osman, Claudinei, Eduardo, Alan Mineiro, Borges