Botafogo 2-3 Vasco da Gama: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 13 September 2020

Result

Botafogo 2-3 Vasco da Gama

Serie A · Sunday 13 September 2020, 23:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Botafogo · Vasco da Gama · Serie A predictions

Botafogo 2-3 Vasco da Gama: match report

Botafogo lost to Vasco da Gama 2-3 in Serie A on Sunday 13 September 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ribamar opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Matheus Babi (49') and Matheus Babi (83'). Vasco da Gama scored through Ribamar (35'), Germán Cano (71') and Ygor Catatau (72').

Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; Vasco da Gama received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 15th on 9 points from 8 and Vasco da Gama 7th on 14 points from 8. Botafogo went on to finish that season 20th with 27 points, and Vasco da Gama 17th with 41.

Botafogo lined up in a 3-4-3 and Vasco da Gama in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matheus Babi of Botafogo (9.2), ahead of Marcos Júnior (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Botafogo win, 0 draws and 1 for Vasco da Gama.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Martín BenítezVasco da Gama
  • 15'Yellow card · Rafael ForsterBotafogo
  • 28'Yellow card · Fellipe BastosVasco da Gama
  • 35'Goal · RibamarVasco da Gama · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Matheus BabiBotafogo · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · KevinBotafogo
  • 71'Goal · Germán CanoVasco da Gama · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · Ygor CatatauVasco da Gama · 1-3
  • 83'Goal · Matheus BabiBotafogo · 2-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Botafogo 1, draws 0, Vasco da Gama 1.

Team news

Botafogo line-up (3-4-3)

Diego Cavalieri, Marcelo Benevenuto, Rafael Forster, Kanu, Kevin, Keisuke Honda, Caio Alexandre, Victor Luís, Bruno Nazário, Matheus Babi, Rhuan

Vasco da Gama line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fernando Miguel, Yago Pikachu, Ricardo Graça, Leandro Castán, Henrique Silva, Fellipe Bastos, Marcos Júnior, Ribamar, Martín Benítez, Talles Magno, Germán Cano