Serie A WON 2–1
Fri, Jul 17 · 00:30 · Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos
Botafogo Home
VS 00:30
Santos Away
Botafogo vs Santos — Serie A
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Confidence High · 4/5
Odds 1.28 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Botafogo and Santos Likely to Trade Goals

Botafogo approach home fixtures with forward intent that stretches opposing back lines. Santos bring their own attacking threats capable of exploiting spaces on the break. Past encounters between the clubs have featured open exchanges and regular scoring. Botafogo’s recent sequence mixes results yet keeps their defense exposed at times. Santos away displays show they rarely shut out opponents completely. These patterns combine to favor both sides contributing to the scoreline. Tactical choices from each coach lean toward transitions rather than pure containment.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–1 WON +0.28u

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.28 won — final score 2–1.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
11 CRU Cruzeiro 18 6 6 6 24
12 BOT Botafogo 17 6 4 7 22
13 VIT Vitoria 17 6 4 7 22
14 INT Internacional 18 5 6 7 21
15 SAN Santos 18 5 6 7 21
16 GRE Gremio 18 5 6 7 21
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Botafogo DWL
D @ Sao Paulo 1–1 May 23
W @ Caracas FC 3–1 May 27
L @ Bahia 1–2 May 30
Santos LWWW
L @ Gremio 2–3 May 23
W vs Deportivo Cuenca 3–0 May 27
W vs Vitoria 3–1 May 30
W vs União São João 3–0 Jul 4
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Botafogo
Scored 1.7 avg
1 3 1
Conceded 1.3 avg
1 1 2
Santos
Scored 2.8 avg
2 3 3 3
Conceded 1.0 avg
3 0 1 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Botafogo
4 Draws
4 Santos
Oct 2025 Botafogo 2–2 Santos Draw
Jun 2025 Santos 0–1 Botafogo Botafogo
Nov 2023 Botafogo 1–1 Santos Draw
Jul 2023 Santos 2–2 Botafogo Draw
Nov 2022 Botafogo 3–0 Santos Botafogo

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.