Botafogo - Atletico Mineiro Football prediction

Botafogo and Atletico Mineiro are playing at Nilton Santos Stadium in a match for the 19th matchday of Serie A. The record of recent direct matches favors the away team, who in the last 8 games won 3, drew 3 and lost 2. The previous direct confrontation between these two teams, on 29-10-2017, ended with a draw by (0-0). Special attention is required for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.

Botafogo Analysis

The home team is currently in 10th place with 22 points, after 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate game, tied at home against Santos by (0-0). In the last, tied off against Paraná by (1-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 14 goals scored and 24 conceded; against 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium, with 18 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last game he played for the Copa Sudamericana, won the National Asunción at home (2-0).

For this competition, you have not lost any of the last 8 games in your stadium. In the matches played in his stadium there are some frequent results at the end of the first 45 ': 0-0 (4 in 8 games) and 1-1 (3 in 8 games). In 18 games played in this competition, he never managed to get back in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal. There has been a highlight in the last 20 home games for all competitions: they have drawn 10 of their 18 goals in the minutes (31'-45 ').

Botafogo is a club that has already won the Brazilian Championship Series A twice in its history, being its last title conquered in 1995. At this time, the team is making a rather irregular campaign, having won only 22 out of 54 points played so far in the competition, reason why it occupies at the moment the tenth position, to eight points of the zone of qualification for the Liberating Glass. In the eight games that Botafogo played in its stadium to count for the Brazilian Championship, the team managed to score goals in six of those games. We believe that in this match, to play at home and against a fragile defensive team, Botafogo will be able to score goals again.

Atlético Mineiro Analysis

After 9 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the visiting team is in 5th place, having won 30 points. In the last game, he beat Santos 3-1 at home, having lost at home in a game against Internacional (0-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with a total of 21 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium, with a total of 27 goals scored and 11 conceded. For the league, Atletico Mineiro won 8 points in 24 chances, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 8 games he played as a visitor. In the matches played out for the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 1-0, which occurred in 4 of their 10 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their games as a visitor there is a tendency for goals to be scored, as 7 of their last 8 games for this competition have finished with over 2.5 goals. In 18 games in this event, he only managed 3 rounds in the 10 games in which he conceded the first goal. There have been 1 period in the last 20 games played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 11 of his 31 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Atlético-MG is a club that was once Brazilian champion in 1971, won the Brazilian Cup in 2014, was forty-five times Mineiro champion, won the Copa Libertadores in 2013 and the South American Cup Winners in the 2014/15 season. In this edition of the Brazilian Championship, the team is in fifth place in the standings and has achieved most of the points in its stadium, of the ten games played at home, won seven, drew one and lost two, already in the eight games away from home, won two, drew two and lost four, and always conceded goals.