Preview
- As week 9 of the 2025 Serie A arrives, Flamengo take on Botafogo at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho on 2025-05-18 (kick-off 22:30 GMT).
- With the data available to us, Filipe Luís and Renato Paiva have not met as managers before.
- After 8 matchdays, Flamengo sit 2nd with 17 points and Botafogo are 9th having collected 11 points.
- Flamengo have 4 players out: Allan (Injury), G. Plata (Knee Injury), E. Pulgar (Injury), M. Vina (Knee Injury) while Botafogo have 5 players missing: A. Barboza (Inactive), Bastos (Knee Injury), Gonzalo Mastriani (Inactive), Matheus Martins (Hamstring Injury), J. Savarino (Hamstring Injury).
- Our forecast has Flamengo in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Botafogo set to counter in 4-4-2.
- The previous match saw G. Varela lead Flamengo with a 8.5 TheyScored rating, and Artur top-rating for Botafogo at 9.
- Flamengo came off a win (2-0 vs LDU Quito) and Botafogo also triumphed (3-2 vs Estudiantes).
- Flamengo (3-1-1) and Botafogo (4-0-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Flamengo have clearly got the edge H2H: in 62 meetings, they've beaten Botafogo 30 times, with 20 draws and only 12 losses.
- We predict Flamengo to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (3-1-0) and 3.00 goals/game.
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Odds
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Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Flamengo RJ
Botafogo RJ
Events
| 17' | Vitinho | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 61' | |||
| 61' | |||
| 66' | |||
| 68' | Nathan FernandesRwan Cruz | ||
| 68' | Allan | ||
| 75' | Cuiabano | ||
| 79' | |||
| 79' | Marlon Freitas | ||
| 80' | Wesley Franca | ||
| 88' | |||
| 88' | |||
| 90+1' | |||
| 90+1' | |||
| 90+1' | |||
| 90+6' | Marcal | ||
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Standings
Flamengo RJ is going head to head with Botafogo RJ on 18/5/2025 21:30 GMT at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho for the Brazil Serie A. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Flamengo RJ v Botafogo RJ H2H statistics!