Serie A: Palmeiras conquers Botafogo 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit

RIO DE JANEIRO. Palmeiras managed to turn the table against Botafogo.

RIO DE JANEIRO. Palmeiras managed to turn the table against Botafogo. It was Botafogo to score first with a goal from Tiquinho Soares. However, later Palmeiras found the way to turn the table scoring 3 consecutive goals with Gustavo Scarpa (25′), Mayke (36′) and Dudu (61′).

Palmeiras remained in 10 people after Ze Rafael received a double yellow card in the 69′. Anyway, Palmeiras still was able to win this match playing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Estádio Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio with the assistance of Bruno Raphael Pires and Bruno Boschilia. The 4th official was Felipe da Silva Gonçalves. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 21 degrees Celsius or 69.76 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 88%.​

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  Botafogo

  1

  

  Palmeiras

  3

  3 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Botafogo was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Palmeiras that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Palmeiras was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Palmeiras won the match.​

Botafogo shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Palmeiras shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Botafogo received 4 yellow cards (Kanu, Tche Tche, Hugo and Del Piage). On the other side, Palmeiras received 3 yellow cards (G. Gomez, Ze Rafael and A. Ferreira).

Also, Palmeiras didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Ze Rafael (Palmeiras) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (69′).

After playing this match, Botafogo will stay with 37 points like Fortaleza, Santos, Goiás and São Paulo to stay in the 10th place. On the other side, Palmeiras will have 60 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Serie A match, Botafogo will play away against Avaí on the 6th of October with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Botafogo (6 draws).

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  Avaí

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  Botafogo

  2

  6 Oct 2022 Full time

Palmeiras will host Coritiba on the 6th of October with a 12-8 head to head statistic in favor of Coritiba (5 draws).

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  Palmeiras

  4

  

  Coritiba

  0

  6 Oct 2022 Full time

Botafogo: Formation and Lineups

Botafogo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro chose to play with the following team: Gatito Fernández (5.9), Renzo Saravia (6.4), Adryelson (6.3), Kanu (6.1), Hugo (6.3), Gabriel Pires (6.1), Tchê Tchê (6.2), Júnior Santos (6.4), Eduardo (7.0), Jeffinho (6.3) and Tiquinho Soares (7.5).

Substitutes

Botafogo made 5 changes: Saravia Renzo for Rafael (52′), Junior Santos for Gustavo Sauer (62′), Gabriel for Victor Sa (62′), Kanu for Matheus Nascimento (77′) and Tche Tche for Del Piage (77′).

Top player: Tiquinho Soares

Probably the most impressive player in Botafogo was Tiquinho Soares.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Palmeiras: Formation and Lineups

Also Palmeiras adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira played with: Weverton (6.6), Marcos Rocha (7.2), Gustavo Gómez (6.4), Luan (7.0), Joaquín Piquerez (7.3), Danilo (7.0), Zé Rafael (6.8), Mayke (7.2), Gustavo Scarpa (7.3), Dudu (7.5) and Rony (7.3).

Substitutes

Palmeiras made 5 changes: Dudu for Gabriel Menino (72′), Gustavo Scarpa for E. Atuesta (73′), Rony for Rafael Navarro (73′), Mayke for B. Kuscevic (78′) and J. Piquerez for Vanderlan (85′).

Top player: Dudu

Probably the most impressive player in Palmeiras was Dudu.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 28 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.