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

Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Sunday night sees Franclim Pereira da Silva Maia Carvalho’s Botafogo and Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira’s Palmeiras go head to head in a Serie A battle at the Estádio Nilton Santos. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Serie A performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.

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Botafogo's next match is v Mirassol at 21:00 on Saturday 19th September
Palmeiras's next match is v Gremio at 15:00 on Sunday 20th September
The last Brazillian Serie A meeting between Botafogo and Palmeiras was on Sunday 6th September 2026
Brazillian Serie A
September 6th 2026
Botafogo 0
0 Palmeiras
 
BOT
PAL
Shots On
4
5
Shots Off
5
7
Corners
5
9
Possession
33%
67%
Fouls
15
12
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/1
 
BotafogoPalmeiras
 
G. Batista de Souza
V. da Silva (M. Ponte Costa 68')
N. Ferraresi Hernández
F. Marçal de Oliveira
L. Monzón
D. dos Santos de Oliveira (E. Andrade dos Santos 78')
?. Montoro (C. Medina 78')
A. Mendonça Cabral (K. Barria 73')
V. de Melo Moura
L. Villalba Jaume (J. dos Santos Junior 68')
D. Pereira da Silva
C. dos Santos Pereira
A. Barboza Ullúa
(K. Silva Oliveira 80') A. Giay
G. Gómez Portillo
(L. Torna Ferreira dos Santos 88') A. Hoelgebaum Pereira
(E. Martínez Toranza 80') F. Anderson Pereira Gomes
M. Rodrigues Freitas
J. Piquerez Moreira
(J. Arias Andrade 63') M. Magalhães Prado
(V. Roque Ferreira 63') L. Evangelista Santana de Oliveira
J. López

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Botafogo and Palmeiras will score at least 2 between them during 90 minutes. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 78%. Bookmakers have it 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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Botafogo
27%
9/4-
Draw
24%
5/2-
Palmeiras
50%
11/10-
Draw 1-1
11%
11/2-
Palmeiras 2-1
10%
8/1-
Palmeiras 1-0
9%
17/2-
Palmeiras 2-0
8%
11/1-
Botafogo 2-1
7%
11/1-
Botafogo 1-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
Palmeiras 3-1
6%
14/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1-
Palmeiras 3-0
5%
20/1-
Botafogo 2-0
4%
18/1-
Palmeiras 3-2
3%
20/1-
Botafogo 3-1
3%
22/1-
Palmeiras 4-1
2%
33/1-
Botafogo 3-2
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
7/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
45%
11/10-
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
58%
4/7-
BTTS - No
42%
5/4-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
9/2-
BTTS - Draw
18%
3/1-
BTTS - Away Win
25%
3/1-
Home/draw
50%
4/6-
Away/draw
73%
1/3-
Home/away
76%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
10/3-
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
4/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
9/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/16-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1-
Home DNB
43%
11/8-
Away DNB
66%
8/15-
Botafogo win to nil
12%
11/2-
Palmeiras win to nil
24%
10/3-
Botafogo / Botafogo
17%
4/1-
Botafogo / Palmeiras
4%
22/1-
Botafogo / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Botafogo
11%
13/2-
Draw / Palmeiras
15%
9/2-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Palmeiras / Botafogo
3%
25/1-
Palmeiras / Palmeiras
24%
12/5-
Palmeiras / Draw
6%
12/1-
Win / draw / win form
Botafogo 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
Palmeiras 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Botafogo since 2018
Botafogo
Palmeiras
Goals: Scored
8
11
Games: Scored
5 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
2 / 7
BOT
2
D
1
PAL
4
League games at Palmeiras since 2018
Palmeiras
Botafogo
Goals: Scored
11
6
Games: Scored
6 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
2 / 8
BOT
2
D
2
PAL
4
Goal Statistics
Botafogo 11th Palmeiras 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Botafogo will score no more than 1 goal
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Palmeiras will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+30
Botafogo have scored 30% more goals at home than predicted
+43
Palmeiras have scored 43% more goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie A - 2026/2026 season
Botafogo
PG (predicted goals)
Palmeiras
1.2
1.7
Attack rating
BOT
PAL
22%
better
view stats
Games scored19
23
Failed to score5
2
Scored first12
18
Goals scored37
45
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.8
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
17
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
BOT
PAL
40%
better
view stats
Games conceded21
16
Clean sheets3
9
Conceded first11
5
Goals conceded40
21
Avg. goals conceded1.7
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
11
Conversion rate against15%
9%
Avg. XG against1.5
1
KickOff rating
+40%

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

Botafogo Serie A squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23956
VitinhoDanilo?. MontoroN Ferraresi 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK5
-
Vitinho DEF2513
3
-
N Ferraresi  DEF201
6
-
L Lemos DEF5
2
-
M Marçal DEF11
4
1
V. de Melo Moura MID121
4
-
Danilo MID2092
2
-
L Jaume MID1611
2
-
?. Montoro MID2415
5
-
Danilo MID71
-
A Cabral FWD2271
3
1
Subs
Warleson GLK4
1
-
M Ponte DEF121
4
-
E. Justino DEF131
3
-
G. da Silva Abdias DEF
-
C Medina MID191
4
1
Allan MID12
3
-
K. Almeida Toledo MID82
1
-
Edenilson MID1732
3
-
D Andrade MID1
-
J Santos FWD151
2
-
K. Barria FWD1411
3
-
L. Emanuel FWD31
-
Palmeiras Serie A squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
268116
C MiguelJ LópezA Pereira A Barboza
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miguel GLK26
3
-
A Giay DEF22
4
-
G Portillo DEF2441
2
-
A Barboza DEF5
2
1
J Piquerez DEF134
1
-
A Pereira  MID26111
3
-
L Evangelista MID221
1
-
M Freitas MID2521
6
-
M Maurício MID2371
2
-
F Anderson MID2021
1
-
J López FWD2484
2
-
Subs
M Lomba GLK1
-
B Bertinato GLK
-
B Fuchs DEF8
-
Khellven DEF191
3
-
Murilo DEF2321
4
1
J Arias MID2143
4
-
E Martínez MID13
1
-
E. Machado Belé MID
-
L. Torna Ferreira dos Santos MID6
1
-
L. Pacheco da Costa MID4
2
-
V Roque FWD1551
1
-
H. da Silva Nunes FWD3
-