Botafogo 3-1 Atlético Mineiro: result and report

Botafogo 3-1 Atlético Mineiro

Serie A · Saturday 20 August 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Botafogo · Atlético Mineiro · Serie A predictions

Botafogo defeated Atlético Mineiro 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 20 August 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Elkeson opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Elkeson (15'), Felipe Menezes (34') and Felipe Menezes (54'). Atlético Mineiro scored through André Felipe (90+1').

Discipline: Botafogo received 1 yellow card; Atlético Mineiro received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 6th on 28 points from 17 and Atlético Mineiro 18th on 15 points from 17. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 56 points, and Atlético Mineiro 15th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 1 for Atlético Mineiro.

Going into the match Botafogo's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Atlético Mineiro's L-L-L-D-L.