Botafogo 3-2 Atlético Mineiro: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 16 October 2016
Result
Botafogo 3-2 Atlético Mineiro
Serie A · Sunday 16 October 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Botafogo 3-2 Atlético Mineiro: match report
Botafogo beat Atlético Mineiro 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 16 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Bruno Silva opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Bruno Silva (5'), Rodrigo Pimpão (35') and Dudu Cearense (90+1'). Atlético Mineiro scored through Fred (51') and Leonardo Silva (70').
Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; Atlético Mineiro received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 13th on 38 points from 30 and Atlético Mineiro 3rd on 54 points from 30. Botafogo went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Atlético Mineiro 4th with 60.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Atlético Mineiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Silva of Botafogo (8.1), ahead of Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Botafogo wins, 2 draws and 5 for Atlético Mineiro.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Bruno Silva
- 23'Yellow card · Rafael Carioca
- 27'Yellow card · Fred
- 35'Goal · Rodrigo Pimpão
- 51'Goal · Fred
- 64'Yellow card · Bruno Silva
- 70'Goal · Leonardo Silva
- 78'Yellow card · Emerson Silva
- 90+1'Goal · Dudu Cearense
- 90+4'Yellow card · Leonardo Silva
- 90+4'Yellow card · Victor
Head-to-head
Team news
Botafogo line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sidão, Emerson Santos, Emerson Silva, Alemão, Victor Luís, Rodrigo Lindoso, Bruno Silva, Camilo, Airton, Neilton Meira Mestzk, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna
Atlético Mineiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Victor, Leonardo Silva, Frickson Erazo, Carlos César, Fábio Santos, Rafael Carioca, Robinho, Júnior Urso, Clayton, R. Otero, Fred