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Botafogo and Cruzeiro meet at the Nilton Santos Stadium in a match for the 23rd round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Cruzeiro won at home (1-0) last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 06-05-2018 . The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the visiting team, which has 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 games. In this match the home factor may play an important role, since Botafogo presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Botafogo Analysis

The home team is currently in 15th place with 25 points, after 6 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home for Sport (2-0). In the last match, lost out to the Grêmio by (4-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Botafogo has recorded 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat, having won 19 points out of 30. In their home league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (6 out of 10 matches). The team have conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, and their attack needs to improve as it has failed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 22 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the board in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 10 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he has 3 of his 7 goals between minutes (31'-45 ').

Botafogo is a club that has already won the Brazilian Championship Series A, the most recent title being won in 1995, as well as a Brazilian Championship Series B title in 2015, a 1999 Brazilian Cup runner-up and the Recopa Sul- American team of 1994. In the current season, the team has been making a bad campaign, winning only 25 of 66 points so far, thus occupying the 15th position of the national championship, four points in front of the relegation zone. In the last five games that Botafogo played as principal, counting only the national championship, in all of them were scored less than 1.5 goals in the first half. I believe that in this confrontation Botafogo will do another game with few goals, since it will play against a team that has a very strong defensive sector.
Cruise Review

After 8 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, the visiting team is in 7th place, having won 31 points. In the last match, they drew with Internacional at home (0-0), having won 2-1 in their home game against Fluminense in their last match. This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games has recorded 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with a total of 14 goals scored and 11 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, with a total of 24 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the championship, Cruzeiro had 10 points in 30 chances, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 games they played as a visitor.

For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 6 games. In his league games as a visitor the most frequent result in the break was 0-0 (8 out of 11 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 11 of their last 11 matches in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 22 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. There are 1 periods highlighted in the last 11 matches played as a visitor to this competition: he suffered 4 of his 10 goals between the minutes (76'-90 ').

Cruzeiro is a Minas Gerais club that has won the Copa Libertadores twice over its history, being the most recent title won in 1997, in addition, Cruzeiro has four titles of the Brazilian Championship Series A, the last title won in 2014. In the current season, the team is seventh in the Brazilian Championship Series A, the team has not managed to get among the first, due to lack of away victories, when we analyze the last five away games, we see that the team equalized three and lost two, winning three points from the fifteen. I believe that Cruzeiro will again have difficulties away from home and will play a game with great emphasis in the defensive sector, especially in the first half.