Botafogo 2-0 Sport Recife: result and report

Botafogo 2-0 Sport Recife

Serie A · Sunday 26 August 2018, 00:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Botafogo won against Sport Recife 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 26 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Joel Carli opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Botafogo's goals came from Joel Carli (62') and Rodrigo Aguirre (84'). Sport Recife did not score.

Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; Sport Recife received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 13th on 22 points from 20 and Sport Recife 17th on 20 points from 20. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Sport Recife 17th with 42.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sport Recife in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Carli of Botafogo (7.8), level with Igor Rabello (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sport Recife.

Going into the match Botafogo's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Sport Recife's L-L-L-D-L.