Ceará 2-1 Botafogo: result and report

Serie A · Friday 26 February 2021

Result

Ceará 2-1 Botafogo

Serie A · Friday 26 February 2021, 00:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Ceará · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Ceará 2-1 Botafogo: match report

Ceará won against Botafogo 2-1 in Serie A on Friday 26 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Pedro Naressi opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Ceará's goals came from Pedro Naressi (17') and Saulo Mineiro (90+4'). Botafogo scored through Matheus Babi (57', penalty).

Discipline: Ceará received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Botafogo received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Ceará were 12th on 49 points from 37 and Botafogo 20th on 27 points from 37. Ceará went on to finish that season 11th with 52 points, and Botafogo 20th with 27.

Ceará lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vina of Ceará (8.3), ahead of Cesinha (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ceará wins, 2 draws and 0 for Botafogo.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Pedro NaressiCeará · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Gabriel LacerdaCeará
  • 56'Yellow card · KlausCeará
  • 57'Penalty goal · Matheus BabiBotafogo · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Pedro NaressiCeará
  • 81'Second yellow · KlausCeará
  • 90+4'Goal · Saulo MineiroCeará · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Ceará 0, draws 2, Botafogo 0.

Team news

Ceará line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard Costa, Eduardo, William Klaus, Gabriel Lacerda, Kelvyn, Pedro Naressi, Charles, Lima, Felipe Vizeu, Léo Chú, Vina

Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego Loureiro, Kevin, Marcelo Benevenuto, David Sousa, Hugo, Kayque, Luiz Otavio, Warley, Cesinha, Ênio, Matheus Babi