On the 26th of June, Fluminense will travel to Rio de Janeiro to battle Botafogo in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams in the anticipated Rio de Janeiro derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Botafogo is fresh off their 3-2 win against Internacional. Edenilson Andrade dos Santos scored the first goal for Internacional in the 9th minute on a penalty kick, then Fabricio Bustos added another in the 14th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 101st minute on a goal by Hugo Goncalves Ferreira Neto to cap off a wild match. Botafogo is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while fluminense is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Avaí. Germán Cano struck first for Fluminense in the 5th minute on a feed from Jhon Arias, then Martins Silva dos Santos added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Avaí couldn’t muster any offence and Fluminense ran away with the shutout win. Fluminense is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Fluminense’s most prolific scorer has been Germán Cano. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Botafogo is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Víctor Cuesta and Kayque each only have 1 goal in their last 5.