Botafogo 2-1 Santos: result and report

Serie A · Thursday 16 July 2026

Result

Botafogo 2-1 Santos

Serie A · Thursday 16 July 2026, 22:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Botafogo · Santos

Botafogo 2-1 Santos: match report

Botafogo won against Santos 2-1 in Serie A on Thursday 16 July 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lucas Emanuel opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Botafogo's goals came from Lucas Emanuel (41') and Kadir Barría (90+5'). Santos scored through Álvaro Barreal (57').

Discipline: Botafogo received 4 yellow cards; Santos received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 12th on 22 points from 17 and Santos 15th on 21 points from 18. Botafogo went on to finish that season 13th with 39 points, and Santos 9th with 47.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-4-2 and Santos in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Léo Linck of Botafogo (8.0), ahead of Álvaro Barreal (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · HuguinhoBotafogo
  • 26'Yellow card · ThacianoSantos
  • 41'Goal · Lucas EmanuelBotafogo · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Álvaro BarrealSantos
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Matheus MartinsBotafogo
  • 57'Goal · Álvaro BarrealSantos · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Nahuel FerraresiBotafogo
  • 90+5'Goal · Kadir BarríaBotafogo · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Kadir BarríaBotafogo

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Botafogo 1, draws 1, Santos 0.

Team news

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Botafogo line-up (4-4-2)

Léo Linck, Vitinho, Gabriel Justino, Nahuel Ferraresi, Alex Telles, Lucas Villalba, Huguinho, Cristian Medina, Matheus Martins, Lucas Emanuel, Kauan Toledo

Santos line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gabriel Brazão, Igor Vinícius, Lucas Veríssimo, Luan Peres, Gonzalo Escobar, Gustavo Henrique, Willian Arão, Miguelito, Benjamín Rollheiser, Álvaro Barreal, Thaciano