Botafogo 2-1 Palmeiras: result and report

Botafogo 2-1 Palmeiras

Serie A · Thursday 8 October 2020, 00:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Botafogo · Palmeiras · Serie A predictions

Botafogo defeated Palmeiras 2-1 in Serie A on Thursday 8 October 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Pedro Raul opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Pedro Raul (46') and Caio Alexandre (50'). Palmeiras scored through Willian (77').

Discipline: Botafogo received 5 yellow cards; Palmeiras received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 17th on 12 points from 13 and Palmeiras 5th on 22 points from 12. Botafogo went on to finish that season 20th with 27 points, and Palmeiras 7th with 58.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Palmeiras in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelo Benevenuto of Botafogo (7.7), level with Wesley (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 3 for Palmeiras.

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