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

Mon 18th Aug, 00:30 BST, Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Monday morning at the Estádio Nilton Santos, and it’s a Serie A showdown between Botafogo and Palmeiras. Carlo Ancelotti and Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira will be doing all they can to ensure victory. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the stats and infographics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided directly from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but what is clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis says the same. Botafogo and Palmeiras have served up a host of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance stats point towards more of the same. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Monday morning, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.20.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Botafogo 40%	13/10	-
Draw 27%	21/10	-
Palmeiras 33%	23/10	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	-
Botafogo 1-0 11%	11/2	-
Palmeiras 1-0 9%	7/1	-
Botafogo 2-1 9%	9/1	-
Draw 0-0 8%	13/2	-
Palmeiras 2-1 8%	11/1	-
Botafogo 2-0 7%	9/1	-
Palmeiras 2-0 6%	14/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	-
Botafogo 3-1 4%	20/1	-
Botafogo 3-0 3%	20/1	-
Palmeiras 3-1 3%	28/1	-
Botafogo 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Palmeiras 3-0 2%	33/1	-
Palmeiras 3-2 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	27/20	-
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	4/7	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	5/6	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	5/4	-
No 1st Goal 5%	13/2	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	1/1	-
BTTS - No 48%	3/4	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	9/2	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	13/2	-
Home/draw 67%	1/3	-
Away/draw 60%	4/7	-
Home/away 73%	4/11	-
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	4/9	-
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	7/4	-
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	7/2	-
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1/5	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	9/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/16	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	20/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/66	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/12	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	13/2	-
Home DNB 59%	8/13	-
Away DNB 52%	6/5	-
Botafogo win to nil 22%	5/2	-
Palmeiras win to nil 18%	4/1	-
Botafogo / Botafogo 22%	11/4	-
Botafogo / Palmeiras 2%	33/1	-
Botafogo / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Botafogo 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Palmeiras 12%	6/1	-
Draw / Draw 19%	7/2	-
Palmeiras / Botafogo 3%	28/1	-
Palmeiras / Palmeiras 15%	9/2	-
Palmeiras / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Botafogo	0 - 2	Cruzeiro
Botafogo	1 - 1	Corinthians
Botafogo	0 - 0	Vitoria
Botafogo	3 - 2	Ceara
Botafogo	4 - 0	Internacional
Botafogo	2 - 0	Fluminense
Botafogo	2 - 2	Sao Paulo
Botafogo	2 - 0	Juventude
Botafogo	2 - 1	Sao Paulo
Botafogo	1 - 1	Vitoria
Botafogo	0 - 0	Cuiaba
Botafogo	3 - 0	Vasco d Gama
Botafogo	1 - 1	Criciuma
Botafogo	0 - 0	Gremio
Botafogo	2 - 1	Corinthians
Botafogo	2 - 0	Fortaleza
Botafogo	4 - 1	Flamengo
Botafogo	0 - 3	Cruzeiro
Botafogo	1 - 0	Internacional
Botafogo	1 - 0	Palmeiras

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Botafogo	0 - 2	Cruzeiro
H	Botafogo	1 - 1	Corinthians
A	Botafogo	1 - 0	S. Recife
H	Botafogo	0 - 0	Vitoria
A	Botafogo	2 - 0	Vasco d Gama
H	Botafogo	3 - 2	Ceara
A	Botafogo	1 - 0	Santos
A	Botafogo	0 - 0	Flamengo
H	Botafogo	4 - 0	Internacional
A	Botafogo	0 - 1	Bahia
H	Botafogo	2 - 0	Fluminense
A	Botafogo	0 - 1	A Mineiro
H	Botafogo	2 - 2	Sao Paulo
A	Botafogo	0 - 1	Bragantino
H	Botafogo	2 - 0	Juventude
A	Botafogo	0 - 0	Palmeiras
H	Botafogo	2 - 1	Sao Paulo
A	Botafogo	1 - 0	Internacional
A	Botafogo	3 - 1	Palmeiras
H	Botafogo	1 - 1	Vitoria

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vitoria	2 - 2	Palmeiras
Fluminense	1 - 2	Palmeiras
Cruzeiro	2 - 1	Palmeiras
Bragantino	1 - 2	Palmeiras
Vasco d Gama	0 - 1	Palmeiras
Fortaleza	1 - 2	Palmeiras
Internacional	0 - 1	Palmeiras
S. Recife	1 - 2	Palmeiras
Cruzeiro	1 - 2	Palmeiras
Atletico Go	0 - 1	Palmeiras
Bahia	1 - 2	Palmeiras
Corinthians	2 - 0	Palmeiras
Juventude	3 - 5	Palmeiras
Bragantino	0 - 0	Palmeiras
Vasco d Gama	0 - 1	Palmeiras
Athletico PR	0 - 2	Palmeiras
Flamengo	1 - 1	Palmeiras
Internacional	1 - 1	Palmeiras
Fluminense	1 - 0	Palmeiras
Botafogo	1 - 0	Palmeiras

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Palmeiras	2 - 2	Vitoria
H	Palmeiras	1 - 0	Gremio
A	Palmeiras	2 - 1	Fluminense
H	Palmeiras	3 - 2	A Mineiro
H	Palmeiras	1 - 1	Mirassol
A	Palmeiras	1 - 2	Cruzeiro
H	Palmeiras	0 - 2	Flamengo
A	Palmeiras	2 - 1	Bragantino
H	Palmeiras	1 - 0	Sao Paulo
A	Palmeiras	1 - 0	Vasco d Gama
H	Palmeiras	0 - 1	Bahia
A	Palmeiras	2 - 1	Fortaleza
A	Palmeiras	1 - 0	Internacional
H	Palmeiras	2 - 0	Corinthians
A	Palmeiras	2 - 1	S. Recife
H	Palmeiras	0 - 0	Botafogo
H	Palmeiras	0 - 1	Fluminense
A	Palmeiras	2 - 1	Cruzeiro
H	Palmeiras	1 - 3	Botafogo
A	Palmeiras	1 - 0	Atletico Go

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Botafogo

Palmeiras

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

BOT

PAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Botafogo
Botafogo	1 - 0
	3 - 4	Palmeiras
	1 - 3	Palmeiras
Botafogo	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Palmeiras
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Palmeiras

Botafogo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

3 / 7

Clean sheets

4 / 7

2 / 7

BOT

PAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Palmeiras
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 3	Botafogo
	0 - 1	Botafogo
Palmeiras	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Palmeiras	1 - 0
Palmeiras	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Botafogo 7th	Palmeiras 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Botafogo will score no more than 1 goal	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Palmeiras will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-5 Botafogo’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+9 Palmeiras’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.6 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Serie A - 2025/2025 season

BOT

PAL

23%

better

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Games scored	9		13
Failed to score	7		3
Scored first	8		9
Goals scored	18		21
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots per game	11		10
Avg. shots per goal	10		7
Conversion rate for	10		14
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+23%

25%

better

BOT

PAL

view stats

Games conceded	7		10
Clean sheets	9		6
Conceded first	5		6
Goals conceded	10		14
Avg. goals conceded	0.6		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	14		8
Conversion rate against	7%		13%
Avg. XG against	1		0.9
KickOff rating		+25%

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Botafogo Serie A squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	2	4	6
John	A Telles	M Freitas	A Barboza

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
John GLK	16			2 -
Vitinho DEF	15	1		1 -
A Telles DEF	15	2		1 -
M Freitas MID	15	1	4	3 -
Artur FWD	14	2	3	1 -
Cuiabano DEF	13	2	1	2 -
J Savarino MID	11	2	1	1 -
M Ponte DEF	10	1		2 -
A Barboza DEF	10			6 -
S Rodríguez MID	10			1 -
Allan MID	9			3 -
N Fernandes FWD	9	1	2	1 -
D Loiola DEF	7			1
N. Araújo da Costa Júnior MID	7			1 -
G Mastriani FWD	7	1		1 -
Kaio DEF	5			-
?. Montoro MID	5			2 -
A Cabral FWD	5	2		-
J Correa FWD	5			1 -
M Martins FWD	5			1 -
Jeffinho FWD	3		1	-
M Marçal DEF	2			1 -
Danilo MID	1			-
J Herrera MID	1			-
K. Cordeiro Lindes MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	9	4	4
A Telles	J Savarino	M Freitas	Artur

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Telles DEF	2	4		2
Artur FWD	2	8	3	4
Cuiabano DEF	2	4	1	1
J Savarino MID	2	9	1	2
A Cabral FWD	2	5
Vitinho DEF	1	1		1
M Freitas MID	1	4	4	2
M Ponte DEF	1	1
N Fernandes FWD	1	4	2	2
G Mastriani FWD	1	3		1
A Barboza DEF		2
S Rodríguez MID		5		1
Allan MID		1		1
N. Araújo da Costa Júnior MID		1
Kaio DEF		2
?. Montoro MID		3		1
J Correa FWD		2
M Martins FWD		3
Jeffinho FWD			1
M Marçal DEF				1
K. Cordeiro Lindes MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
925	34	60
M Freitas	Vitinho	Vitinho

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Freitas MID	925	16	28
A Barboza DEF	618	23	54
John GLK	512	2	7
A Telles DEF	390	8	28
Vitinho DEF	383	34	60
D Loiola DEF	348	7	21
Artur FWD	336	12	56
J Savarino MID	322	4	16
Allan MID	267	17	27
Kaio DEF	252	3	29
N. Araújo da Costa Júnior MID	240	8	14
Cuiabano DEF	208	12	33
?. Montoro MID	174	12	35
J Correa FWD	129	3	7
S Rodríguez MID	116	5	22
M Ponte DEF	114	3	12
N Fernandes FWD	102	3	21
M Martins FWD	84	8	19
A Cabral FWD	77	3	25
G Mastriani FWD	31	1	11
Jeffinho FWD	28	1	2
M Marçal DEF	28	1	4
Danilo MID	13		2
K. Cordeiro Lindes MID	8	1	3
J Herrera MID	1	1	2

Palmeiras Serie A squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	4	2	3
Weverton	F Torres	F Torres	J López

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Weverton GLK	15			2 -
J Piquerez DEF	15	3	1	2 -
V Roque FWD	15	3		2 -
A Giay DEF	14			-
E Martínez MID	14	1		2 -
J López FWD	14	3		3 -
F Torres FWD	14	4	2	2 -
G Portillo DEF	12			3 -
L Evangelista MID	12	1	1	1 -
A Moreno MID	12			1 -
B Fuchs DEF	11			3 -
M Maurício MID	11	3	1	-
F Anderson FWD	11			-
R Veiga MID	10		1	-
A. Andrade Elias FWD	10	1		1 1
Micael DEF	8			2 -
Paulinho FWD	7			-
R Sosa FWD	5		2	-
L. Sousa Santos FWD	5			-
Murilo DEF	4	1		3 -
Vanderlan DEF	3			-
L. Roncholeta Benedetti DEF	2			-
T. Gomes de Araújo FWD	2			-
M Lomba GLK	1			-
M Rocha DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	11	2	4
F Torres	V Roque	F Torres	F Torres

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Torres FWD	4	9	2	4
J Piquerez DEF	3	6	1	2
V Roque FWD	3	11		1
J López FWD	3	6
M Maurício MID	3	5	1
E Martínez MID	1	4		1
L Evangelista MID	1	4	1	1
A. Andrade Elias FWD	1	2
Murilo DEF	1	2
A Giay DEF				1
G Portillo DEF		1
A Moreno MID		1		2
B Fuchs DEF				1
F Anderson FWD		3		1
R Veiga MID		2	1
Micael DEF		1
Paulinho FWD		2		1
R Sosa FWD			2	3
L. Sousa Santos FWD				1
M Rocha DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
581	37	78
A Giay	A Giay	A Giay

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Giay DEF	581	37	78
J Piquerez DEF	580	22	46
G Portillo DEF	488	19	56
Weverton GLK	390		6
E Martínez MID	386	25	47
B Fuchs DEF	364	14	42
Micael DEF	344	18	41
A Moreno MID	341	20	33
F Torres FWD	337	7	32
L Evangelista MID	273	13	38
F Anderson FWD	261	19	41
M Maurício MID	215	1	12
Murilo DEF	184	9	17
R Veiga MID	155	6	24
J López FWD	130	12	74
Paulinho FWD	100	1	13
V Roque FWD	89	7	60
L. Roncholeta Benedetti DEF	88	2	6
A. Andrade Elias FWD	81	12	32
M Rocha DEF	62		2
L. Sousa Santos FWD	61	3	14
Vanderlan DEF	58	4	12
R Sosa FWD	54	2	11
M Lomba GLK	23
T. Gomes de Araújo FWD	16	1	2