Botafogo 2-1 São Paulo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 8 December 2024

Result

Botafogo 2-1 São Paulo

Serie A · Sunday 8 December 2024, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Botafogo · São Paulo

Botafogo 2-1 São Paulo: match report

Botafogo defeated São Paulo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 8 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jefferson Savarino opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Jefferson Savarino (37') and Gregore (90+2'). São Paulo scored through William Gomes (63').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Botafogo were 1st on 76 points from 37 and São Paulo 6th on 59 points from 37. Botafogo went on to finish that season 1st with 79 points, and São Paulo 6th with 59.

Botafogo lined up in a 3-3-1-3 and São Paulo in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gregore of Botafogo (8.2), ahead of Jefferson Savarino (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Jefferson SavarinoBotafogo · 1-0
  • 63'Goal · William GomesSão Paulo · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · GregoreBotafogo · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Botafogo 0, draws 1, São Paulo 0.

Team news

Unavailable

Botafogo line-up (3-3-1-3)

John Victor, Gregore, Adryelson, Marçal, Mateo Ponte, Marlon Freitas, Alex Telles, Jefferson Savarino, Luiz Henrique, Igor Jesus, Thiago Almada

São Paulo line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jandrei, Ruan, Alan Franco, Sabino, Igor Vinícius, Marcos Antônio, Santiago Longo, Patryck, Rodrigo Nestor, André Silva, William Gomes