Botafogo FR vs Criciúma EC, Serie A 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Botafogo FR vs Criciúma EC — Serie A at Maracana.
- Botafogo FR 17 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
- Criciúma EC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 SE Palmeiras 18 41 2 CR Flamengo 17 34 3 Fluminense FC 18 31 4 CA Paranaense 18 30 5 RB Bragantino 18 29 6 EC Bahia 17 26 7 Coritiba FBC 18 26 8 Sao Paulo FC 18 25 9 CA Mineiro 18 24 10 SC Corinthians Paulista 18 24 11 Cruzeiro EC 18 24 12 Botafogo FR 17 22 13 EC Vitoria 17 22 14 SC Internacional 18 21 15 Santos FC 18 21 16 Grêmio FBPA 18 21 17 CR Vasco da Gama 18 20 18 Clube do Remo 18 18 19 Mirassol FC 17 16 20 Chapecoense AF 17 9 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Oct Criciúma EC H 1–1 D 05 Oct CA Paranaense A 1–0 W 29 Sep Grêmio FBPA H 0–0 D 26 Sep Sao Paulo FC A 6–5 W 21 Sep Fluminense FC A 1–0 W 19 Sep Sao Paulo FC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Oct Botafogo FR A 1–1 D 03 Oct AC Goianiense H 2–0 W 29 Sep EC Bahia A 0–1 L 25 Sep Grêmio FBPA A 2–1 W 22 Sep CA Paranaense H 0–0 D 15 Sep SE Palmeiras A 0–5 L Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history12% Clean Sheets
Botafogo FR this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Botafogo FR0-155/216-301/231-452/246-602/161-754/376+5/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Botafogo FRDanilo dos Santos de Oliveira 7 G 2 A Arthur Cabral 7 G 1 A Edenilson 4 G 2 A Matheus Martins 4 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Botafogo FR and Criciúma EC has kicked off!
- 5' Rodrigo Fagundes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' Criciúma EC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' The travelling Criciúma EC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Botafogo FR that had 341 games and scored 352 goals.
- 30' Criciúma EC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 35' Gregore has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 45' Botafogo FR is showing some good football. However, Botafogo FR are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 50' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 56' Allano was booked on 56.
- 61' Supporters expect more eagerness from Barreto, as he is very good at scoring at Maracana with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 66' It looks like no one’s ball. Criciúma EC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 71' Cuiabano is replacing Alex Telles for the Botafogo FR side.
- 72' Yannick Bolasie is replacing Arthur Caike for the Criciuma EC side.
- 76' Felipe Vizeu is replacing Allano for the Criciuma EC side.
- 79' It is a substitution in Botafogo FR team. Marlon Freitas is replaced by Tche Tche on 79 minute.
- 84' Time for substitution for Botafogo FR. Vitinho is replaced by Carlos Alberto.
- 85' Jonathan Lemos has so much to prove this time. He replaces Claudinho on 85 minute.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Felipe Vizeu.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Botafogo FR Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
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Alex Telles ↓ Cuiabano 71'
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22
Vitinho ↓ Carlos Alberto 84'
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23
Thiago Almada ↓ Tiquinho Soares 79'
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17
Marlon Freitas ↓ Tche Tche 79'
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Bench
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Tiquinho Soares ↑ 79'
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Tche Tche ↑ 79'
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27
Carlos Alberto ↑ 84'
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Carlos Eduardo ↑ 71'
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Cuiabano ↑ 71'
Coach Artur JorgeCriciúma EC Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
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Allano ↓ Felipe Vizeu 76'
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Arthur Caike ↓ Yannick Bolasie 72'
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Higor Meritao ↓ Barreto 72'
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Claudinho ↓ Jonathan Lemos 85'
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Fellipe Mateus ↓ Walisson Maia 85'
Bench
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88
Barreto ↑ 72'
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Yannick Bolasie ↑ 72'
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Felipe Vizeu ↑ 76'
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- 50
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Jonathan Lemos ↑ 85'
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Walisson Maia ↑ 85'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Tiquinho Soares 1 Felipe Vizeu 1 Lucas Halter 1 Barreto 1 Arthur Caike 1 Botafogo FR Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.19 Botafogo FR xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.03 Criciúma EC xGI would bet for: Botafogo FR or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 62%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.22Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 65% 35% ± 2.5 38% 62% ± 3.5 19% 81% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
Botafogo FR or Draw 71%Draw or Criciúma EC 59%Botafogo FR or Criciúma EC 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 13.2%1 – 0 11.7%0 – 1 10%2 – 1 7.6%2 – 0 7.4%1 – 2 6.6%0 – 2 5.5%2 – 2 4.1%3 – 1 3.1%3 – 0 2.9%1 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Botafogo FR
Handicap Botafogo FR covers Push Criciúma EC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 21% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 18% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Botafogo FR keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Criciúma EC keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.