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Vasco da Gama v Botafogo : Serie A match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da, Rio de Janeiro

The Serie A is the focus for both Vasco da Gama and Botafogo on Sunday morning, as managers Fernando Diniz Silva and Davide Ancelotti go head to head at the Estádio Club de Regatas Vasco da. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could possibly need to make a smart selection is laid out below. Switch between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for each one.

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Vasco da Gama's next match is v Sao Paulo at 22:30 on Saturday 18th April
Botafogo's next match is v Chapecoense at 22:30 on Saturday 18th April
The last Brazillian Serie A meeting between Vasco d Gama and Botafogo was on Sunday 5th April 2026
Brazillian Serie A
April 5th 2026
Vasco d Gama 1
2 Botafogo
 
D. Correia da Fonseca 61'66' L. Villalba Jaume
79' M. Martins Silva dos Santos
 
VDG
BOT
Shots On
5
9
Shots Off
6
6
Corners
3
2
Possession
63%
37%
Fouls
11
16
Yellow/red cards
2/0
4/0
 
Vasco d GamaBotafogo
 
L. Jardim
A. Saldivia Vázquez
D. das Neves Pinheiro (M. Hinestroza Angulo 70')
J. Rojas Echavarría (N. Rocha Moreira 70')
D. Correia da Fonsecafootball icon (C. Spinelli 78')
A. Gomez
J. Rodríguez Bebanz
R. Alves Barbosa
L. Soares da Silva
T. Mendes Ribeiro
C. Barros da Luz
R. Steffens
V. da Silva
N. Ferraresi Hernández
(Caio Gomes 46') A. Telles
D. dos Santos de Oliveira
(L. Villalba Jaume 60') J. dos Santos Junior
football iconM. Martins Silva dos Santos
A. Barboza Ullúa
(N. Araújo da Costa Júnior 87') A. Marques Loureiro
(K. Barria 68') E. Andrade dos Santos
(?. Montoro 68') A. Mendonça Cabral

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As you can see, our prediction for Sunday's fixture is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Vasco d Gama and Botafogo to score 3 goals or more combined during the traditional 90 mins. 2 goals or less would mean a losing bet but, with stats below suggesting both teams have goals in them, we think there's good reason to feel confident.

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 Vasco d Gama are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Vasco d Gama
54%
24/2521/20
Draw
22%
12/512/5
Botafogo
24%
29/1013/5
Draw 1-1
10%
11/25/1
Vasco d Gama 2-1
10%
8/17/1
Vasco d Gama 1-0
8%
6/111/2
Vasco d Gama 2-0
8%
8/115/2
Vasco d Gama 3-1
6%
16/114/1
Botafogo 2-1
6%
12/110/1
Draw 2-2
6%
14/112/1
Botafogo 1-0
5%
9/18/1
Vasco d Gama 3-0
5%
16/112/1
Draw 0-0
4%
8/115/2
Vasco d Gama 3-2
4%
28/122/1
Botafogo 2-0
3%
18/114/1
Vasco d Gama 4-1
3%
40/125/1
Botafogo 3-1
3%
33/122/1
Vasco d Gama 4-0
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
61%
43/401/1
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
8/118/11
Home 1st Goal
53%
8/118/11
Away 1st Goal
44%
7/57/5
No 1st Goal
3%
8/115/2
BTTS - Yes
60%
10/1117/20
BTTS - No
40%
10/1117/20
BTTS - Home Win
28%
7/216/5
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/27/2
BTTS - Away Win
14%
7/16/1
Home/draw
76%
1/42/7
Away/draw
46%
4/53/4
Home/away
78%
3/103/10
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
4/111/3
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
11/521/10
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
11/45/2
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
2/71/4
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
7/16/1
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
1/121/12
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
16/112/1
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/401/50
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/141/18
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
8/115/2
Home DNB
69%
2/54/9
Away DNB
40%
7/48/5
Vasco d Gama win to nil
25%
9/4-
Botafogo win to nil
10%
11/2-
Vasco d Gama / Vasco d Gama
26%
11/521/10
Vasco d Gama / Botafogo
3%
33/125/1
Vasco d Gama / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Vasco d Gama
16%
4/14/1
Draw / Botafogo
10%
7/113/2
Draw / Draw
16%
4/119/5
Botafogo / Vasco d Gama
4%
25/118/1
Botafogo / Botafogo
13%
11/29/2
Botafogo / Draw
6%
14/111/1
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Win / draw / win form
Vasco d Gama 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vasco d Gama2 - 1Gremio
Vasco d Gama3 - 2Fluminense
Vasco d Gama2 - 1Palmeiras
Vasco d Gama0 - 1Bahia
Vasco d Gama1 - 1Chapecoense
Vasco d Gama0 - 2Mirassol
Vasco d Gama5 - 1Internacional
Vasco d Gama1 - 3Juventude
Vasco d Gama0 - 2Sao Paulo
Vasco d Gama2 - 0Fluminense
Vasco d Gama4 - 3Vitoria
Vasco d Gama2 - 0Cruzeiro
Vasco d Gama3 - 1Bahia
Vasco d Gama2 - 2Ceara
Vasco d Gama2 - 3Corinthians
Vasco d Gama1 - 1A Mineiro
Vasco d Gama1 - 1Gremio
Vasco d Gama0 - 2Botafogo
Vasco d Gama0 - 2Bragantino
Vasco d Gama3 - 0Fortaleza
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVasco d Gama1 - 1Cortiba
HVasco d Gama2 - 1Gremio
HVasco d Gama3 - 2Fluminense
AVasco d Gama3 - 3Cruzeiro
HVasco d Gama2 - 1Palmeiras
AVasco d Gama1 - 2Santos
HVasco d Gama0 - 1Bahia
HVasco d Gama1 - 1Chapecoense
AVasco d Gama1 - 2Mirassol
AVasco d Gama0 - 5A Mineiro
HVasco d Gama0 - 2Mirassol
HVasco d Gama5 - 1Internacional
AVasco d Gama0 - 1Bahia
AVasco d Gama0 - 2Gremio
HVasco d Gama1 - 3Juventude
AVasco d Gama0 - 3Botafogo
HVasco d Gama0 - 2Sao Paulo
AVasco d Gama3 - 0Bragantino
HVasco d Gama2 - 0Fluminense
AVasco d Gama2 - 0Fortaleza
Botafogo 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Athletico PR4 - 1Botafogo
Bragantino1 - 2Botafogo
Palmeiras2 - 1Botafogo
Fluminense1 - 0Botafogo
Gremio5 - 3Botafogo
Cruzeiro2 - 2Botafogo
Corinthians2 - 2Botafogo
Vitoria0 - 0Botafogo
Mirassol0 - 0Botafogo
Ceara0 - 2Botafogo
Internacional2 - 0Botafogo
Fluminense2 - 0Botafogo
Gremio1 - 1Botafogo
Sao Paulo1 - 0Botafogo
Juventude1 - 3Botafogo
Fortaleza0 - 5Botafogo
S. Recife0 - 1Botafogo
Vasco d Gama0 - 2Botafogo
Santos0 - 1Botafogo
Flamengo0 - 0Botafogo
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBotafogo3 - 2Mirassol
ABotafogo1 - 4Athletico PR
ABotafogo2 - 1Bragantino
ABotafogo1 - 2Palmeiras
HBotafogo0 - 3Flamengo
ABotafogo0 - 1Fluminense
ABotafogo3 - 5Gremio
HBotafogo4 - 0Cruzeiro
HBotafogo4 - 2Fortaleza
ABotafogo2 - 2Cruzeiro
ABotafogo2 - 2Corinthians
HBotafogo3 - 2Gremio
HBotafogo3 - 2S. Recife
ABotafogo0 - 0Vitoria
HBotafogo3 - 0Vasco d Gama
ABotafogo0 - 0Mirassol
HBotafogo2 - 2Santos
ABotafogo2 - 0Ceara
HBotafogo0 - 3Flamengo
ABotafogo0 - 2Internacional
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Botafogo have beaten Vasco d Gama in 3 consecutive league meetings
3
Botafogo have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Vasco d Gama
League games at Vasco d Gama since 2018
Vasco d Gama
Botafogo
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
5 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
2 / 7
VDG
3
D
1
BOT
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Vasco d Gama
0 - 2Botafogo
Draw1 - 1Draw
Vasco d Gama1 - 0
0 - 4Botafogo
Vasco d Gama3 - 0
Vasco d Gama2 - 1
1 - 2Botafogo
League games at Botafogo since 2018
Botafogo
Vasco d Gama
Goals: Scored
14
4
Games: Scored
7 / 7
2 / 7
Clean sheets
5 / 7
0 / 7
VDG
1
D
1
BOT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Botafogo
Botafogo3 - 0
Botafogo3 - 0
Botafogo2 - 0
Botafogo2 - 0
2 - 3Vasco d Gama
Botafogo1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Vasco da Gama have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Serie A matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Botafogo on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Vasco d Gama 13th Botafogo 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Vasco d Gama will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Botafogo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
Vasco d Gama have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
+31
Botafogo have scored 31% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie A - 2026/2026 season
Vasco d Gama
PG (predicted goals)
Botafogo
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
2%
better
VDG
BOT
view stats
Games scored8
6
Failed to score1
2
Scored first4
4
Goals scored14
14
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.8
Avg. shots per game13
7
Avg. shots per goal8
4
Conversion rate for12
27
Avg. XG for1.6
1
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
VDG
BOT
10%
better
view stats
Games conceded9
7
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first5
4
Goals conceded14
18
Avg. goals conceded1.6
2.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
20%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.7
KickOff rating
+10%

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Vasco d Gama Serie A squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11334
L JardimC LuzJ BebanzT Mendes
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Jardim GLK11
-
J Bebanz DEF713
3
-
A Saldivia DEF8
3
-
R Renan DEF11
-
Cuiabano DEF723
2
-
T Tchê MID81
1
-
C Luz MID93
1
1
A Gomez MID1012
3
-
T Mendes MID1021
4
-
J Rojas MID91
1
-
David  FWD922
-
Subs
D Fuzato GLK
-
L Piton  DEF8
-
L Freitas DEF1
-
C Cuesta DEF3
-
P Henrique DEF82
2
-
N Moreira MID101
1
-
H Moura MID6
-
J. de Paula Morais MID2
-
M França FWD3
-
M Hinestroza FWD7
-
Adson FWD2
-
C Spinelli FWD61
-
Botafogo Serie A squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9635
VitinhoDanilo?. MontoroA Barboza
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Raul GLK7
1
-
Vitinho DEF101
2
-
N Ferraresi  DEF5
1
-
A Barboza DEF812
4
1
A Telles  DEF92
1
-
Danilo MID861
-
Allan MID7
3
-
Edenilson MID612
2
-
J Santos FWD61
2
-
A Cabral FWD831
1
-
M Martins FWD102
1
-
Subs
L Linck GLK
-
C. da Silva Santos DEF
-
Bastos DEF5
1
-
Caio Gomes DEF31
-
C Medina MID5
2
1
?. Montoro MID93
1
-
J Herrera MID8
-
S Rodríguez MID7
1
-
N. Araújo da Costa Júnior MID5
1
-
E. Justino MID3
-
K. Barria FWD2
-
L Jaume FWD61
1
-