Vasco da Gama 2-1 Botafogo: result and report

Serie A · Thursday 17 October 2019

Result

Vasco da Gama 2-1 Botafogo

Serie A · Thursday 17 October 2019, 00:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Vasco da Gama · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Vasco da Gama 2-1 Botafogo: match report

Vasco da Gama defeated Botafogo 2-1 in Serie A on Thursday 17 October 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Bruno Gomes opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Vasco da Gama's goals came from Bruno Gomes (8') and Ribamar (18'). Botafogo scored through Marcelo Benevenuto (22').

Discipline: Vasco da Gama received 1 yellow card; Botafogo received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Vasco da Gama were 12th on 31 points from 25 and Botafogo 13th on 30 points from 25. Vasco da Gama went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Botafogo 15th with 43.

Vasco da Gama lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelo Benevenuto of Botafogo (8.3), ahead of João Paulo (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Bruno GomesVasco da Gama · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · RibamarVasco da Gama · 2-0
  • 22'Goal · Marcelo BenevenutoBotafogo · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Leandro CastánVasco da Gama

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Fernando Miguel, Oswaldo José Henríquez Bocanegra, Leandro Castán, Yago Pikachu, Henrique Silva, Rossi, Felipe Ferreira, Richard, Marrony, Bruno Gomes, Ribamar

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

Diego Cavalieri, Gabriel, Marcinho, Marcelo Benevenuto, Yuri, João Paulo, Cícero, Luiz Fernando, Gustavo Bochecha, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Diego Souza