Week 7 brings us a match on May 22nd where Botafogo and América Mineiro will play a match in Belo Horizonte in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. América Mineiro is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Coritiba. Andriy Sakhnevych struck first for Coritiba in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Egídio, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed América Mineiro couldn’t manage to score, and Coritiba took the shutout win. América Mineiro is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Botafogo, recorded a 3-1 win against Fortaleza. Moises struck first for Fortaleza in the 14th minute on a feed from Silvio Romero, then Erison tied it up for Botafogo in the 42nd minute on a feed from Víctor Cuesta But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 89th minute on a goal by P. de Paula Carreiro. Botafogo is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Botafogo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Nascimento de Paula and P. de Paula Carreiro each having 2 goals in their last 5. América Mineiro’s top weapon lately has been Juan Pablo Ramírez, who has two goals in the last five matches.