Botafogo 4-2 São Paulo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 20 May 2012

Result

Botafogo 4-2 São Paulo

Serie A · Sunday 20 May 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Botafogo · São Paulo · Serie A predictions

Botafogo 4-2 São Paulo: match report

Botafogo won against São Paulo 4-2 in Serie A on Sunday 20 May 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jadson opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Germán Herrera (50'), Germán Herrera (68', penalty), Vítor Júnior (73') and Germán Herrera (78'). São Paulo scored through Jadson (12') and Luís Fabiano (61').

Discipline: Botafogo received no yellow cards; São Paulo received 2 yellow cards.

Botafogo went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and São Paulo 4th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Botafogo wins, 2 draws and 4 for São Paulo.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · JadsonSão Paulo · 0-1
  • 50'Goal · Germán HerreraBotafogo · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Luís FabianoSão Paulo · 1-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Luís FabianoSão Paulo
  • 66'Yellow card · Paulo MirandaSão Paulo
  • 68'Penalty goal · Germán HerreraBotafogo · 2-2
  • 73'Goal · Vítor JúniorBotafogo · 3-2
  • 78'Goal · Germán HerreraBotafogo · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Botafogo 4, draws 2, São Paulo 4.