Botafogo 2-1 Sport Recife: result and report
Serie A · Monday 17 July 2017
Result
Botafogo 2-1 Sport Recife
Serie A · Monday 17 July 2017, 23:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Botafogo 2-1 Sport Recife: match report
Botafogo beat Sport Recife 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 17 July 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Rodrigo Lindoso opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Botafogo's goals came from Rodrigo Lindoso (2') and Guilherme Augusto (70'). Sport Recife scored through Rithely (9').
Discipline: Botafogo received 4 yellow cards; Sport Recife received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 11th on 19 points from 13 and Sport Recife 6th on 21 points from 13. Botafogo went on to finish that season 10th with 53 points, and Sport Recife 15th with 45.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sport Recife in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrigo Lindoso of Botafogo (8.2), ahead of Joel Carli (7.7).
Going into the match Botafogo's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Sport Recife's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Rodrigo Lindoso
- 9'Goal · Rithely
- 31'Yellow card · Eugenio Mena
- 45+1'Yellow card · Rodrigo Pimpão
- 54'Yellow card · Samuel Xavier
- 64'Yellow card · Roger
- 70'Goal · Guilherme Augusto
- 73'Yellow card · Sander
- 85'Yellow card · Leandrinho
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gilson
Team news
Botafogo line-up (4-4-1-1)
Jefferson, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Arnaldo, Gil Guerreiro, Rodrigo Lindoso, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Matheus Fernandes, João Paulo, Roger Silva, Marcos Vinicius
Sport Recife line-up (4-2-3-1)
Agenor, Oswaldo José Henríquez Bocanegra, Durval, Samuel Xavier, Sander, Eugenio Mena, Rithely, Diego Souza, Patrick, Everton Felipe, André