Santos - Botafogo RJ Predictions
Santos and Botafogo meet in the Pacaembu Stadium for the 5th day of the Brazilian Championship. The two teams go through a moment of irregularities in their performances. Santos has been shaken by the defeat in the classic against Corinthians by 2 to 0. The beach team has only 3 points in the competition, and occupies the 16th position in the table, with the same number of points of Atlético Mineiro, who is the first team of the Lowering area. The team has already accumulated 3 losses in 4 matches played in the tournament. The bad moment of the team from São Paulo culminated in the dismissal of coach Dorival Junior, assistant Elano will be at the front of the team until another coach is confirmed. The team still can not count on its main player, Lucas Lima, and also will not have in the field the striker Bruno Henrique, expelled in the last game. Botafogo comes from a draw in the classic against Flamengo. Alvinegro is in 7th place in the championship, with 7 points won. The team has not yet won away from home, and bets on midfielder Bruno Silva to change this panorama. Airton is embezzled for 3 months due to a concussion suffered in the classic, and Camilo remains doubtful. In the last 5 games between the teams, were 5 Santos victories. In the last 7 games of Botafogo, no more than 2 goals were scored. Santos has not scored goals for 2 matches. The low goals average of his main striker, Ricardo Oliveira, is one of the team's main problems. The striker only scored 4 goals in 17 games played that year. In the last 4 Santos games, they were 2 wins without conceding goals and 2 defeats without scoring goals.Santos - Botafogo RJ head to head
-14.09.16 SA Botafogo RJ Santos 0 : 1-05.06.16 SA Santos Botafogo RJ 3 : 0
-30.11.14 SA Santos Botafogo RJ 2 : 0
-17.10.14 COP Santos Botafogo RJ 5 : 0
-01.10.14 COP Botafogo RJ Santos 2 : 3