Week 12 brings us a match on Jun 16th, where Botafogo hosts São Paulo in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. 16th placed Botafogo is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Palmeiras. Rony scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 11th minute, then Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa added another in the 18th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Botafogo couldn’t manage to score, and Palmeiras took the shutout win. Botafogo is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while são Paulo is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against América Mineiro. Patrick struck first for São Paulo in the 34th minute on a feed from Igor Vinicius, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, América Mineiro couldn’t muster any offence and São Paulo ran away with the shutout win. São Paulo is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
São Paulo’s most prolific scorer has been Jonathan Calleri. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Erison has been the most prolific scorer on Botafogo in the last five matches with two goals.