Corinthians Aim for Back-to-Back Wins in Serie A
Corinthians vs Botafogo RJ - 06/09/2020
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The Brazilian Serie A continues this weekend and on Saturday the 5th of September we have a meeting between Corinthians and Botafogo. The match will be played at the Corinthians Arena and at the time of writing the hosts are in 9th place on 8 points while the visitors are in 16th place but only one point behind.
Corinthians come into the game having recorded a 2-1 victory at Goias on Wednesday. They took the lead after 28 minutes only to concede an equaliser 20 minutes into the second half. However, Corinthians managed to take maximum points thanks to a 90th minute winner scored by Danilo Avelar.
It was an important victory for Corinthians who had lost their previous game away to Sao Paulo. In that match, it was Corinthians who suffered the blow of conceding a last minute goal to lose the game. So, they showed great character to reverse that in their most recent match.
The win over Goias means Corinthians are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 Brazilian Serie A games. They have been 2 victories, 2 draws and one defeat in those 5 matches. In addition, a look back over Corinthians’ last 15 competitive games shows they have lost only 2 inside 90 minutes, meaning they are difficult to beat.
Trends show that both teams have scored in each of Corinthians’ last 3 home Serie A matches.
Botafogo make the trip to the Corinthians Arena having picked up a point in a 0-0 draw at home against Coritiba on Wednesday. Neither team could make the breakthrough at the Estádio Nilton Santos and that result means Botafogo have picked up just a single point from their last 2 league matches.
Prior to the draw at Coritiba, Botafogo lost 2-0 at home against Internacional. Having fallen behind after just 6 minutes, Botafogo conceded another goal just before the half hour and failed to get back into the game. However, their away record in Serie A this season shows they have not been easy to beat as they have drawn each of their 3 matches to date on the road.
In addition to the draw at Coritiba, Botafogo have picked up a point at Fortaleza and RB Bragantino. All 3 of their away games this season have seen under 2.5 goals scored and you must go back 7 Serie A matches to find the last time Botafogo saw over 2.5 goals scored.
Looking ahead to the team news and Corinthians will be without the injured Ruan Oliveira, who faces an extended spell on the treatment table with a knee problem. Carlos Augusto Neves and Leo Santos are doubts.
Botafogo travel without the injured duo of Lucas Barros and Victor Luis. Gustavo Bochecha and Marcinho are rated as doubtful.
Despite being several places apart in the table, only one point separates these two teams. Therefore, we should be in for an extremely competitive game and it could end level with under 2.5 goals scored.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Br1
324820
X
1 - 1
2.60
20°
3.35
1.83
3.35
4.60
1
-1
-1
2 - 2(1 - 1)
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