Flamengo 2-0 Botafogo: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 21 July 2018
Result
Flamengo 2-0 Botafogo
Serie A · Saturday 21 July 2018, 22:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Flamengo 2-0 Botafogo: match report
Flamengo defeated Botafogo 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 21 July 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Matheus Savio opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Flamengo's goals came from Matheus Savio (5') and Lucas Paquetá (7'). Botafogo did not score.
Discipline: Flamengo received no yellow cards; Botafogo received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Flamengo were 1st on 27 points from 13 and Botafogo 10th on 17 points from 13. Flamengo went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Botafogo 9th with 51.
Flamengo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Botafogo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Paquetá of Flamengo (7.3), level with L. Valencia (7.3).
Going into the match Flamengo's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Botafogo's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Matheus Savio
- 7'Goal · Lucas Paquetá
- 89'Yellow card · Luiz Fernando
- 90+3'Red card · Rodrigo Aguirre
Team news
Flamengo line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Rodinei, Renê, Réver, Léo Duarte, Gustavo Cuéllar, Diego, Lucas Paquetá, Paolo Guerrero, Fernando Uribe, Matheus Savio
Botafogo line-up (4-3-3)
Jefferson, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Luis Ricardo, Moisés, Rodrigo Lindoso, Matheus Fernandes, Jean Irmer, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Kieza, L. Valencia