📏 Form Guide

São Paulo

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São Paulo will play in this match after a 1-1 Copa Sudamericana tied result vs Millonarios.

In that match, São Paulo managed 62% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for São Paulo was Luciano (9'). For their opponents, Millonarios had 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Jorge Cabezas (81') scored for Millonarios.

São Paulo have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, São Paulo have seen their goal breached in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Pre-game facts show that São Paulo:

• have not lost a league tie with Botafogo in their last 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Botafogo

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Botafogo head into the match following on from a 0-3 Copa Sudamericana win versus Independiente Petrolero in their most recent match.

In that match, Botafogo had 67% possession and 41 shots at goal with 19 of them on target. For Botafogo, the goalscorers were Cristian Medina (24') and Jordan Barrera (82'). On the other side, Independiente Petrolero got 4 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Botafogo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. At the back, Botafogo can certainly do much better.

Leading up to this clash, Botafogo:

• are winless against São Paulo in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 24/07/2024, both clubs have shared the honours with São Paulo winning 1 of those games, Botafogo 1 and 4 being draws in regulation time.

An aggregate of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 7 of them from Tricolor Paulista and 7 netted by Fogão. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league game featuring the two was Serie A match day 23 on 14/09/2025 which ended up with the score at São Paulo 1-0 Botafogo.

In that game, São Paulo managed 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Juan Ignacio Dinenno (7').

Botafogo got 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

🗞️ Team News: São Paulo

In our view, Tricolor Paulista will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game and select Rafael, Lucas Ramon, Alan Franco, Sabino, Wendell, Pablo Maia, Danielzinho, Artur, Luciano, Aldemir Ferreira and Jonathan Calleri.

📰 Team News: Botafogo

We reckon that Fogão will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Neto, Vitinho, Nahuel Ferraresi, Gabriel Justino, Fernando Marcal, Huguinho, Edenilson, Lucas Villalba, Kadir Barría, Alvaro Montoro and Arthur Cabral.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Botafogo have the capability to breach the defence of this São Paulo lineup, although that probably won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a 2-1 win for São Paulo after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Victor Martins, 01:07 23/05/2026