Sao PauloAttacking momentumBotafogo RJ
Preview
- It's week 17 of the 2026 Serie A on 2026-05-23 at 21:00 GMT, when São Paulo and Botafogo go head-to-head.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Machado Roger and Franclim Carvalho.
- After 16 matchdays, São Paulo sit 4th with 24 points and Botafogo are 9th having collected 21 points.
- São Paulo have 9 players sidelined: Andre Silva (Yellow Cards), D. Bobadilla (Yellow Cards), E. Diaz (Yellow Cards), Maik (Inactive), Marcos Antonio (Hamstring Injury), Pablo Maia (Broken nose), Robert Arboleda (Inactive), R. Toloi (Calf Injury), Lucas Moura (Achilles Tendon Injury) whereas Botafogo face 6 absences: Alex Telles (Yellow Cards), Allan (Muscle Injury), Kaio Pantaleao (Knee Injury), C. Medina (Yellow Cards), Nathan Fernandes (Knee Injury), M. Ponte (Yellow Cards).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, São Paulo should be met by Botafogo's expected 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw Luciano lead São Paulo with a 7.9 TheyScored rating, and Vitinho top-rating for Botafogo at 8.3.
- Contrast in results: São Paulo had to share the points 1-1 with Millonarios, whereas Botafogo claimed victory 3-0 vs. Independiente Petrolero.
- São Paulo's form is 0-2-3 recently, but Botafogo are on a roll with 3-1-1 in their last 5 matches.
- Dominance for São Paulo: across 40 clashes, they've won 16 games and only lost 11 games to Botafogo, with 13 stalemates.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-1-1 vs 3-1-4) and scoring roughly 1.86-1.88 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
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Odds
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Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Sao Paulo
Botafogo RJ
Events
| 4' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 27' | Luciano | ||
| 27' | G. Justino | ||
| 30' | |||
| 44' | |||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 61' | A. Montoro | ||
| 65' | |||
| 65' | |||
| 75' | |||
| 75' | |||
| 76' | |||
| 80' | Wendell | ||
| 84' | J. Correa | ||
| 85' | Rafael | ||
| 87' | |||
| 89' | G. Tapia | ||
| 90' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 90+2' | C. Ramos | ||
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Sao Paulo is going head to head with Botafogo RJ on 23/5/2026 20:00 GMT 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 Sao Paulo v Botafogo RJ H2H statistics!