Botafogo - São Paulo Football prediction

Botafogo and São Paulo face each other in a match for the 27th round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Sao Paulo won at home (3-2) for the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 31-05-2018. The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 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
After 8 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, the home team is in 16th place, having won 29 points. In the last match, he beat Vitória away (3-4), having won the home game in a game against América Mineiro (1-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats as a visitor; against 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Botafogo had 19 points in 30 chances, after 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat in the last 10 games he played in his stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of their 12 matches. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of their last 10 games in this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 26 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 12 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: 4 of his 8 goals between minutes (31'-45 ').

Botafogo is a club that in 1995 won its only Serie A title in the Brazilian Championship, as well as having a Brazilian Serie B title in 2015, a runner-up in the 1999 Brazilian Cup. In the current season, the team has been doing a very irregular campaign, winning only 32 of the 78 points played so far, thus occupying the twelfth position of the national championship, four points in front of the relegation zone and still a long way from the qualifying zone for Libertadores. As principal, Botafogo has a somewhat irregular performance, but usually makes games with several goals, since in eight of the twelve games he did at home were scored more than 1.5 goals. I believe that Botafogo will do another game with several where, where it will certainly be leaked by the quality of the opponent.

Analysis of São Paulo
The visiting team is currently in the ninth place, with no point earned, after 14 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied for Santos (0-0). In the last match, they tied at home to América Mineiro for (1-1). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses as a visitor; against 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium. In the last 10 away games for the championship, São Paulo has 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, having won 17 points out of 30. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 26 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 5 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.

São Paulo is the current leader of the Brasileirão 2018, is struggling to win their seventh Brazilian Serie A title because the club already has six Brazilian Serie A titles and the club has three Copa Libertadores titles and a FIFA Club World Cup. In the current season of the Brazilian Championship Series A of 2018, the team has been making a great season, being in first, but with only one point above the second and third places Palmeiras and Internacional respectively. Even with the good placement, São Paulo has not won so many victories, when we analyzed its last five rounds, were three draws, a defeat and a victory, but now the team needs to score, as a new stumble can cost the leadership of the competition.