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Botafogo v Fluminense : Serie A match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Fluminense are away from home on Sunday morning, as manager Luis Francisco Zubeldía takes his men to visit Botafogo and Franclim Pereira da Silva Maia Carvalho at the Estádio Nilton Santos in the Serie A. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Serie A matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Botafogo's next match is v Vitoria at 22:30 on Sunday 16th August
Fluminense's next match is v Remo at 20:00 on Saturday 22nd August
The last Brazillian Serie A meeting between Botafogo and Fluminense was on Sunday 9th August 2026
Brazillian Serie A
August 9th 2026
Botafogo 1
1 Fluminense
 
A. Telles 44'58' I. da Silva Oliveira
 
BOT
FLU
Shots On
7
4
Shots Off
8
5
Corners
7
7
Possession
41%
59%
Fouls
16
18
Yellow/red cards
3/1
3/0
 
BotafogoFluminense
 
W. Stellion Lisboa Oliveira
V. da Silva
N. Ferraresi Hernández
C. Medina
D. dos Santos de Oliveira
A. Tellesfootball icon (P. da Silva 70')
E. Justino
K. Almeida Toledo (J. Barrera Herrera 59')
?. Montoro (D. Pereira da Silva 85')
L. Villalba Jaume (M. Martins Silva dos Santos 60')
A. Mendonça Cabral
F. Lopes Maciel
S. Brito
football iconI. da Silva Oliveira
R. Rodrigues Martins
(H. Pereira do Nascimento 70') P. Chagas de Lima
(G. Vieira de Souza 85') R. Castillo
J. Ribeiro da Silva
(J. Savarino Quintero 79') G. Santana
(L. Acosta 79') Y. Soteldo Martínez
(A. Canobbio Graviz 70') K. Serna Jaramillo
O. Passos Santos

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

KickOff's predictive algorithm suggests there's a 78% probability of Botafogo and Fluminense scoring at least a couple of goals in this Serie A match. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookies favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.33.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Botafogo are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Botafogo
44%
6/5
8%
17/10
Draw
25%
11/511/5
Fluminense
31%
12/5
22%
17/10
Draw 1-1
12%
5/19/2
Botafogo 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
15/2
Botafogo 1-0
9%
7/113/2
Fluminense 2-1
7%
11/1
10%
8/1
Fluminense 1-0
7%
9/1
18%
13/2
Botafogo 2-0
7%
10/1
8%
10/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
20%
10/1
Draw 0-0
6%
8/1
5%
8/1
Botafogo 3-1
5%
18/1
10%
18/1
Fluminense 2-0
5%
16/1
15%
10/1
Botafogo 3-0
4%
20/1
12%
20/1
Fluminense 3-1
3%
25/1
10%
16/1
Botafogo 3-2
3%
28/1
10%
25/1
Fluminense 3-2
3%
33/1
17%
22/1
Fluminense 3-0
2%
33/1
31%
20/1
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
1/1
5%
1/1
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
4/5
6%
8/11
Home 1st Goal
51%
4/5
9%
1/1
Away 1st Goal
46%
6/5
5%
1/1
No 1st Goal
3%
8/1
5%
15/2
BTTS - Yes
57%
4/5
6%
3/4
BTTS - No
43%
19/20
5%
1/1
BTTS - Home Win
22%
15/4
14%
4/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
3/1
8%
3/1
BTTS - Away Win
16%
11/2
9%
4/1
Home/draw
69%
3/10
9%
4/9
Away/draw
56%
8/13
2%
4/9
Home/away
75%
4/117/20
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/3
3%
1/3
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
12/5
10%
11/5
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
5/2
9%
5/2
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
3/10
3%
1/4
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
6/1
7%
6/1
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/10
1%
1/12
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
14/1
13%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/33
1%
1/66
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/141/20
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
8/1
5%
8/1
Home DNB
62%
4/7
9%
17/20
Away DNB
48%
5/4
15%
17/20
Botafogo win to nil
22%
11/4-
Fluminense win to nil
15%
5/1
27%
-
Botafogo / Botafogo
21%
13/5
13%
16/5
Botafogo / Fluminense
3%
28/122/1
Botafogo / Draw
7%
12/1
13%
10/1
Draw / Botafogo
14%
9/25/1
Draw / Fluminense
12%
6/1
8%
5/1
Draw / Draw
17%
4/118/5
Fluminense / Botafogo
3%
25/1
10%
22/1
Fluminense / Fluminense
17%
4/1
10%
16/5
Fluminense / Draw
6%
14/1
13%
10/1
Win / draw / win form
Botafogo 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Fluminense 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Botafogo have beaten Fluminense in 3 consecutive home league meetings
3
Botafogo have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Fluminense
League games at Botafogo since 2018
Botafogo
Fluminense
Goals: Scored
7
4
Games: Scored
5 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
2 / 7
BOT
4
D
1
FLU
2
League games at Fluminense since 2018
Fluminense
Botafogo
Goals: Scored
8
6
Games: Scored
5 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
3 / 8
BOT
3
D
1
FLU
4
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Fluminense of late. It has been 5 Serie A games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday morning against Botafogo.

Botafogo 10th Fluminense 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that Botafogo will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Fluminense will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+34
Botafogo have scored 34% more goals at home than predicted
-17
Fluminense have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie A - 2026/2026 season
Botafogo
PG (predicted goals)
Fluminense
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
5%
better
BOT
FLU
view stats
Games scored17
18
Failed to score3
3
Scored first11
12
Goals scored34
30
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.4
Avg. shots per game10
12
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for17
12
Avg. XG for1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
BOT
FLU
12%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
17
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first8
8
Goals conceded32
25
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded11
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
13%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+12%

Botafogo v Fluminense Serie A lLine ups will show here when available.

Botafogo Serie A squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19735
A Telles DaniloA Telles N Ferraresi 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Warleson GLK3
1
-
Vitinho DEF192
3
-
N Ferraresi  DEF151
5
-
E. Justino DEF101
2
-
A Telles  DEF1933
4
-
Danilo MID1572
1
-
C Medina MID151
4
1
K. Almeida Toledo MID62
-
?. Montoro MID183
3
-
L Jaume MID1311
2
-
A Cabral FWD1871
2
-
Subs
G Batista GLK
-
M Ponte DEF101
4
-
M Marçal DEF8
2
1
Paulinho DEF1
-
L Lemos DEF
-
J Herrera MID121
-
Edenilson MID1332
2
-
D Andrade MID
-
Danilo FWD1
-
M Martins FWD194
2
-
K. Barria FWD1111
2
-
L. Emanuel FWD31
-
Fluminense Serie A squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23446
F FábioA CanobbioL AcostaL Acosta
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Fábio GLK23
1
-
S Xavier DEF14
4
-
Ignacio DEF1121
3
-
J. Ribeiro da Silva DEF171
3
-
Renê DEF162
1
-
Nonato MID1011
4
-
O Otávio MID6
1
-
K Serna MID2222
1
-
Ganso MID14
1
-
Y Soteldo MID16
-
R Castillo FWD1331
1
-
Subs
Marcelo GLK
-
Guga DEF143
3
-
G Arana DEF1411
2
-
I Rabello  DEF2
-
Martinelli MID162
4
-
L Acosta MID1934
6
-
H Hércules MID213
2
-
A Canobbio FWD1643
4
1
R. Silva de Almeida FWD3
1
-
Hulk  FWD52
-
J Savarino FWD1832
2
-
G Cano FWD81
-