Botafogo 3-1 Palmeiras: result and report

Botafogo 3-1 Palmeiras

Serie A · Thursday 1 September 2011, 00:50 UTC · half-time 2-0

Botafogo · Palmeiras · Serie A predictions

Botafogo won against Palmeiras 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday 1 September 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Germán Herrera opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Botafogo's goals came from Germán Herrera (3'), Gustavo (23') and Maicosuel (63'). Palmeiras scored through Marcos Assunção (90+1').

Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; Palmeiras received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 5th on 34 points from 19 and Palmeiras 6th on 32 points from 19. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 56 points, and Palmeiras 11th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Botafogo wins, 5 draws and 2 for Palmeiras.

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