Paraná - Botafogo Football prediction

Paraná and Botafogo face each other at the Durival Stadium in Brito e Silva in a match for the 18th matchday of Serie A. In the last 3 years, there have been only 2 direct matches between these two teams: one on 09-09-2015, which ended with Botafogo's (2-1) win, and the most recent of 03-06-2015, which ended with Botafogo's (1-2) win. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between the 20th and the end of the overall standings, it is actually a clash between the 17th placed in home games and the 14th as a visitor.

Analysis of Paraná

After 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, the home team is in 20th place, having won 13 points. In the last game, he lost to Ceará at home (0-1), having lost (3-0) away in a game against Palmeiras. This is a team affected by the home factor, having scored 1 away with 2 goals scored and 14 conceded, and 12 points at home, with 6 goals scored and 9 conceded. For the championship, the Paraná won 12 points in 27 possible, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 9 games that 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 5 of their 9 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home games there is a tendency towards fewer goals, as 5 of their last 9 games for this competition have finished with less than 1.5 goals. The team have been struggling to score first: they only opened the scoring in 3 of their last 17 matches for Serie A, of those 3 they reached the interval in a lead in 1 and won in the late 90 'in all. In 17 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 12 times and never managed to return to the result.

The Paraná Clube never won a Brazilian Serie A title, but was a champion on two occasions of the Brazilian Serie B Championship, the club was very successful in the 90s, when it had great hegemony in Paraná, won a Pentacampeonato Championship Paranaense , surpassing the great Coritiba and Atletico Paranaense. When we look at the last five home games of Paraná, we see that four of them had less than 1.5 goals, showing a strong tendency of games under goals in the home games of Paraná. Paraná is the current lantern of the competition, most likely to maintain their defensive style in home games, seeking a victory with minimum result to win the three important points.

Botafogo Analysis

After 5 victories, 6 ties and 6 losses, the away team is in the top position and has not yet scored any point. In the final game, they drew 0-0 at home to Santos, having lost 3-0 in their last game against Internacional. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves practically the same points at home and away, with 9 goals scored and 4 goals conceded at home, against 8 goals scored and 17 conceded. In the last 9 away games for the championship, Botafogo has 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 losses, so he has won 5 points in 27 possible games. In 17 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never managed to return to the result.

Botafogo is a club that has been champion of the Brazilian Championship of the Series A on two occasions, the last one in 1995. In addition, Botafogo was champion of the Carioca Championship in twenty occasions. Botafogo has not had a good season in the 2018 Brazilian Serie A Championship in the last five games, lost three games, drew one and won only one game. Currently in eleventh position, Botafogo dismissed the coach Marcos Paquetá and hired coach Zé Ricardo to try to give way to the team. Most likely coach Zé Ricardo will arrive and fix the defensive sector first, at least try not to concede goals in this match against Parana.