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

Sun 14th Sep, 19:00 BST, Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, São Paulo

Sao Paulo and their boss Hernán Jorge Crespo will be hoping for victory against Carlo Ancelotti and his Botafogo side on Sunday evening, as the pair meet at the Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the Serie A. Serie A stats are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head performance included too. You can view it all, with infographics and the best odds available for every betting markets using the tabs.


Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals simply means there there will be a maximum of 2 goals scored in total by Sao Paulo and Botafogo during the standard 90 minutes. It's a bet the stats below and the odds both favour on this occasion, and an outcome that we've seen head to head clashes between these sides has produced in the past. In the absence of an obvious winner, our best bet prediction for this one is under 2.5.

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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
Sao Paulo
36%
-13/10
8%
Draw
29%
-21/10
Botafogo
35%
-23/10
10%
Draw 1-1
13%
-5/1
Sao Paulo 1-0
13%
-19/4
4%
Botafogo 1-0
12%
-6/1
8%
Draw 0-0
11%
-5/1
Sao Paulo 2-1
7%
-8/1
5%
Botafogo 2-1
7%
-10/1
10%
Sao Paulo 2-0
7%
-8/1
5%
Botafogo 2-0
7%
-11/1
9%
Draw 2-2
4%
-14/1
Sao Paulo 3-1
3%
-16/1
11%
Botafogo 3-1
3%
-22/1
Sao Paulo 3-0
3%
-16/1
11%
Botafogo 3-0
2%
-25/1
13%
Sao Paulo 3-2
1%
-28/1
Botafogo 3-2
1%
-33/1
Over 2.5 Goals
37%
-6/4
Under 2.5 Goals
63%
-10/21
Home 1st Goal
46%
-10/11
5%
Away 1st Goal
46%
-11/8
8%
No 1st Goal
8%
-5/1
BTTS - Yes
44%
-23/20
BTTS - No
56%
-13/20
2%
BTTS - Home Win
13%
-9/2
4%
BTTS - Draw
18%
-18/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
13%
-6/1
8%
Home/draw
65%
-1/3
5%
Away/draw
64%
-3/5
5%
Home/away
71%
-7/20
Over 1.5 Goals
64%
-1/2
Under 1.5 Goals
36%
-29/20
2%
Over 3.5 Goals
17%
-19/5
Under 3.5 Goals
83%
-2/13
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
-9/1
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
-1/25
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
-20/1
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
-1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
-1/10
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
-11/2
Home DNB
56%
-4/7
8%
Away DNB
55%
-5/4
13%
Sao Paulo win to nil
23%
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Botafogo win to nil
22%
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Sao Paulo / Sao Paulo
21%
-13/5
8%
Sao Paulo / Botafogo
3%
-28/1
12%
Sao Paulo / Draw
6%
-12/1
Draw / Sao Paulo
15%
-4/1
9%
Draw / Botafogo
12%
-11/2
8%
Draw / Draw
19%
-3/1
Botafogo / Sao Paulo
3%
-22/1
Botafogo / Botafogo
15%
-17/4
14%
Botafogo / Draw
6%
-12/1
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Win / draw / win form
4
Sao Paulo have won 4 consecutive home league games
5
Botafogo have won 5 consecutive away league games
6
Botafogo have not lost in 6 consecutive away league games
Sao Paulo 7TH
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sao Paulo2 - 0A Mineiro
Sao Paulo2 - 0Vitoria
Sao Paulo3 - 1Fluminense
Sao Paulo2 - 0Corinthians
Sao Paulo1 - 3Vasco d Gama
Sao Paulo0 - 2Mirassol
Sao Paulo2 - 1Gremio
Sao Paulo0 - 0Fortaleza
Sao Paulo2 - 1Santos
Sao Paulo1 - 1Cruzeiro
Sao Paulo0 - 0S. Recife
Sao Paulo1 - 2Juventude
Sao Paulo2 - 2A Mineiro
Sao Paulo2 - 1Athletico PR
Sao Paulo3 - 0Vasco d Gama
Sao Paulo3 - 1Corinthians
Sao Paulo1 - 3Internacional
Sao Paulo2 - 1Vitoria
Sao Paulo1 - 0Atletico Go
Sao Paulo1 - 0Flamengo
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASao Paulo0 - 1Cruzeiro
HSao Paulo2 - 0A Mineiro
ASao Paulo2 - 2S. Recife
HSao Paulo2 - 0Vitoria
ASao Paulo2 - 1Internacional
HSao Paulo3 - 1Fluminense
ASao Paulo1 - 0Juventude
HSao Paulo2 - 0Corinthians
ASao Paulo2 - 2Bragantino
ASao Paulo0 - 2Flamengo
HSao Paulo1 - 3Vasco d Gama
ASao Paulo1 - 2Bahia
HSao Paulo0 - 2Mirassol
HSao Paulo2 - 1Gremio
ASao Paulo0 - 1Palmeiras
HSao Paulo0 - 0Fortaleza
ASao Paulo1 - 1Ceara
HSao Paulo2 - 1Santos
ASao Paulo2 - 2Botafogo
HSao Paulo1 - 1Cruzeiro
Botafogo 5TH
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Juventude1 - 3Botafogo
Fortaleza0 - 5Botafogo
S. Recife0 - 1Botafogo
Vasco d Gama0 - 2Botafogo
Santos0 - 1Botafogo
Flamengo0 - 0Botafogo
Bahia1 - 0Botafogo
A Mineiro1 - 0Botafogo
Bragantino1 - 0Botafogo
Palmeiras0 - 0Botafogo
Internacional0 - 1Botafogo
Palmeiras1 - 3Botafogo
A Mineiro0 - 0Botafogo
Bragantino0 - 1Botafogo
Athletico PR0 - 1Botafogo
Fluminense0 - 1Botafogo
Bahia0 - 0Botafogo
Juventude3 - 2Botafogo
Atletico Go1 - 4Botafogo
Sao Paulo2 - 2Botafogo
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBotafogo4 - 1Bragantino
ABotafogo3 - 1Juventude
HBotafogo0 - 1Palmeiras
ABotafogo5 - 0Fortaleza
HBotafogo0 - 2Cruzeiro
HBotafogo1 - 1Corinthians
ABotafogo1 - 0S. Recife
HBotafogo0 - 0Vitoria
ABotafogo2 - 0Vasco d Gama
HBotafogo3 - 2Ceara
ABotafogo1 - 0Santos
ABotafogo0 - 0Flamengo
HBotafogo4 - 0Internacional
ABotafogo0 - 1Bahia
HBotafogo2 - 0Fluminense
ABotafogo0 - 1A Mineiro
HBotafogo2 - 2Sao Paulo
ABotafogo0 - 1Bragantino
HBotafogo2 - 0Juventude
ABotafogo0 - 0Palmeiras
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Botafogo have not lost to Sao Paulo in 8 consecutive league meetings
League games at Sao Paulo since 2018
Sao Paulo
Botafogo
Goals: Scored
11
5
Games: Scored
4 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
2 / 6
SAO
3
D
2
BOT
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sao Paulo
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Botafogo
Sao Paulo4 - 0
Sao Paulo2 - 0
Sao Paulo3 - 2
League games at Botafogo since 2018
Botafogo
Sao Paulo
Goals: Scored
11
8
Games: Scored
7 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
0 / 7
SAO
1
D
2
BOT
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Botafogo
Draw2 - 2Draw
Botafogo2 - 1
Botafogo2 - 1
Botafogo1 - 0
Botafogo1 - 0
1 - 2Sao Paulo
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
Sao Paulo 7th Botafogo 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Sao Paulo will score no more than 1 goal
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Botafogo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
Sao Paulo’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+22
Botafogo have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie A - 2025/2025 season
Sao Paulo
PG (predicted goals)
Botafogo
1.1
1.1
Attack rating
11%
better
SAO
BOT
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Games scored12
9
Failed to score6
7
Scored first8
8
Goals scored20
18
Avg. goals scored0.9
0.9
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
10
Conversion rate for13
10
Avg. XG for1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
SAO
BOT
37%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
7
Clean sheets5
9
Conceded first7
5
Goals conceded20
10
Avg. goals conceded0.9
0.5
Avg. shots/game conceded7
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
14
Conversion rate against13%
7%
Avg. XG against1.2
1
KickOff rating
+37%

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

Sao Paulo Serie A squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21536
RafaelA SilvaN Ferraresi Luciano
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Rafael GLK21
2
-
A Silva FWD2052
5
-
N Ferraresi  DEF193
2
-
C Soares DEF192
1
-
Luciano FWD1943
6
-
E Díaz DEF182
6
-
D Bobadilla MID1821
3
-
A Franco DEF17
4
-
Alisson MID171
4
-
Ferreira FWD1742
3
-
Sabino DEF161
2
-
M Antônio MID162
3
-
R Arboleda DEF133
2
-
P Maia MID131
2
-
Wendell DEF121
-
Rodrigo MID12
4
-
R. Rodrigues dos Santos Silva FWD82
-
Oscar MID6
1
-
G Tapia FWD62
2
-
Luan MID4
-
J Dinenno FWD4
1
-
Patryck DEF3
1
-
H. Fabiano do Carmo FWD31
-
L. Marques Alencar FWD3
-
L Moura FWD31
-
J Calleri FWD3
1
M. Gomes Viegas DEF21
2
-
Young GLK1
-
L Gustavo MID1
-
Botafogo Serie A squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17347
VitinhoA Telles M FreitasA Barboza
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Vitinho DEF191
1
-
A Telles  DEF1832
1
-
M Freitas MID1814
3
-
Artur FWD1624
1
-
J Savarino MID1432
1
-
Cuiabano DEF1321
2
-
M Ponte DEF131
2
-
S Rodríguez MID132
1
-
A Barboza DEF12
7
-
D Loiola DEF101
1
Allan MID10
3
-
N. Araújo da Costa Júnior MID101
2
-
N Fernandes FWD1012
1
-
?. Montoro MID911
2
-
J Correa FWD9
1
-
A Cabral FWD832
-
G Mastriani FWD81
1
-
M Martins FWD81
1
-
Kaio DEF6
-
M Marçal DEF62
1
-
Jeffinho FWD62
-
Danilo MID51
1
-
Neto  GLK2
-
L Linck GLK1
-
J Herrera MID1
-
C Ramos FWD12
-