Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo: result and report

Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo

Serie A · Saturday 17 August 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Corinthians · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Corinthians defeated Botafogo 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Corinthians's goals came from Mauro Boselli (42') and Everaldo (56'). Botafogo did not score.

Discipline: Corinthians received 2 yellow cards; Botafogo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Corinthians were 6th on 24 points from 14 and Botafogo 7th on 22 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Serie A season and is kept for reference.

Corinthians lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Botafogo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedrinho of Corinthians (8.4), ahead of Everaldo (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Corinthians wins, 2 draws and 5 for Botafogo.

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