Preview

• Home side Santos meet Botafogo at Estádio Urbano Caldeira on 2025-06-01 (kick-off 20:00 GMT), contesting week 11 of the 2025 Serie A.
• There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Cléber Xavier and Renato Paiva.
• Santos sit 18th with 8 points while Botafogo occupy 11th on 12 points.
• Santos have 4 players sidelined: Aderlan (Hamstring Injury), Joao Schmidt (Thigh Injury), Luan Peres (Yellow Cards), Y. Soteldo (Hamstring Injury) whereas Botafogo face 3 absences: Bastos (Knee Injury), David Ricardo (Thigh Injury), Matheus Martins (Hamstring Injury).
• We're predicting Santos to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Botafogo are expected to line up in 4-4-2.
• The previous match saw Gabriel Brazão lead Santos with a 8.5 TheyScored rating, and M. Ponte top-rating for Botafogo at 7.7.
• Both teams are coming from different results: Santos fell 1-3 against RB Leipzig, while Botafogo prevailed 1-0 over Universidad de Chile.
• Momentum favors Botafogo (3-1-1) after Santos managed only 1-1-3 from 5 matches.
• Santos have clearly got the edge H2H: in 36 meetings, they've beaten Botafogo 16 times, with 11 draws and only 9 losses.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (1-2-1 vs 0-2-3) and scoring roughly 1.25-2.50 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

01/06/2025 19:00

Estádio Urbano Caldeira

Davi de Oliveira Lacerda

Serie A

Team Kits

Events

37'	G. Escobar
45+4'	Neymar
HT 0 - 0
51'	Diego Pituca T. Rincon
57'			Alex Telles
61'			Nathan Fernandes Rwan Cruz
61'			S. Rodriguez Allan
73'			Gonzalo Mastriani J. Savarino
73'			M. Ponte Alex Telles
73'			Gonzalo Mastriani
76'	Neymar
82'	Gabriel Bontempo B. Rollheiser
82'			Elias Manoel Vitinho
86'		0 - 1	Artur Jair
89'	Deivid Washington Ze Rafael
89'	Tiquinho Soares A. Barreal
89'	Joao Schmidt Joao Basso
90'	Ze Ivaldo

Stats

Lineups

SantosBotafogo

Santos 4-2-3-1 Cléber Xavier

6.6

Gabriel Brazão

6.9

Gonzalo Escobar

6.7

Zé Ivaldo

?

João Schmidt

6.6

Souza

6.9

Diego Pituca

?

Deivid Washington

?

Tiquinho Soares

6.5

Gabriel Bontempo

6.9

Guilherme

6.9

Neymar

Substitute Players

3

João Basso

8

Tomás Rincón

6

Zé Rafael

22

Álvaro Barreal

32

Benjamín Rollheiser

29

Leonardo Godoy

25

Luis Fellipe

44

João Pedro Chermont

4

Gil

41

Mateus Xavier de Sousa

79

Luca Meirelles

1

João Paulo

Excluded Players

AderlanHamstring InjuryLuan PeresYellow CardsY. SoteldoHamstring Injury

Botafogo 4-2-3-1 Renato Paiva

7.9

John Victor

6.7

Elias Manoel

7.7

Jair

6.9

David Ricardo

6.9

Mateo Ponte

7.3

Gregore

7.2

Marlon Freitas

7.7

Artur

6.3

Gonzalo Mastriani

6.7

Santiago Rodríguez

6.9

Nathan Fernandes

Substitute Players

2

Vitinho

13

Alex Telles

10

Jefferson Savarino

25

Allan

9

Rwan Cruz

5

Danilo Barbosa

6

Patrick de Paula

18

Kauê

28

Newton

63

Vinicius Lima Serafim

20

Alexander Barboza

1

Raúl

Excluded Players

BastosKnee InjuryCuiabanoInactiveIgor JesusInactiveLeo LinckInactiveMatheus MartinsHamstring Injury

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Flamengo	11	7	3	1	24	4	20	24	W W D W L
2	Cruzeiro	11	7	2	2	17	8	9	23	W W D W W
3	RB Bragantino	11	7	2	2	14	8	6	23	W W L D W
4	Palmeiras	11	7	1	3	12	8	4	22	L L W W W
5	Fluminense	11	6	2	3	15	12	3	20	W W D L W
6	Bahia	11	5	3	3	11	11	0	18	W L W L W
7	Mirassol	11	4	5	2	17	12	5	17	W W D W L
8	Atletico Mineiro	11	4	5	2	11	10	1	17	W D D W W
9	Botafogo	10	4	3	3	11	5	6	15	W D W L W
10	Ceara	10	4	3	3	11	8	3	15	L W D W D
11	Corinthians	11	4	3	4	12	14	-2	15	D D W L W
12	Gremio	11	4	3	4	11	14	-3	15	W W L D W
13	Sao Paulo	11	2	6	3	9	11	-2	12	L L W L D
14	Internacional	11	2	5	4	12	16	-4	11	L D D L L
15	Vasco da Gama	11	3	1	7	11	15	-4	10	L L W L L
16	Vitoria	11	2	4	5	10	14	-4	10	D L L W L
17	Fortaleza	11	2	4	5	10	15	-5	10	L L L W D
18	Santos	11	2	2	7	8	12	-4	8	L W L D L
19	Juventude	11	2	2	7	8	24	-16	8	L L D L L
20	Sport Recife	11	0	3	8	5	18	-13	3	L D L L L

CONMEBOL Libertadores

CONMEBOL Libertadores Qualifiers

CONMEBOL Sudamericana

CONMEBOL Sudamericana Group Stage

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