Fluminense 1-0 Botafogo: result and report

Serie A · Thursday 12 February 2026

Result

Fluminense 1-0 Botafogo

Serie A · Thursday 12 February 2026, 22:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Fluminense · Botafogo

Fluminense 1-0 Botafogo: match report

Fluminense beat Botafogo 1-0 in Serie A on Thursday 12 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Luciano Acosta of Fluminense in the 55th minute.

Discipline: Fluminense received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Botafogo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fluminense were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Botafogo 11th on 3 points from 2. Fluminense went on to finish that season 4th with 54 points, and Botafogo 13th with 39.

Fluminense lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luciano Acosta of Fluminense (7.6), ahead of Martinelli (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fluminense win, 0 draws and 3 for Botafogo.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Samuel XavierFluminense
  • 17'Yellow card · YthalloBotafogo
  • 26'Yellow card · Agustín CanobbioFluminense
  • 28'Yellow card · Luis ZubeldiaFluminense
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Álvaro MontoroBotafogo
  • 55'Goal · Luciano AcostaFluminense · 1-0
  • 60'Red card · Agustín CanobbioFluminense
  • 69'Yellow card · Luciano AcostaFluminense
  • 75'Yellow card · GugaFluminense
  • 86'Yellow card · NewtonBotafogo
  • 89'Yellow card · Juan Pablo FreytesFluminense

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Fluminense 1, draws 0, Botafogo 3.

Team news

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

Fábio, Samuel Xavier, Jemmes, Juan Pablo Freytes, Renê, Facundo Bernal, Martinelli, Agustín Canobbio, Luciano Acosta, Kevin Serna, John Kennedy

Botafogo line-up (3-4-3)

Neto, Ythallo, Newton, Alexander Barboza, Vitinho, Allan, Danilo, Alex Telles, Artur, Arthur Cabral, Álvaro Montoro