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Brazil 2026 Série A · Matchday 38

Botafogo RJ

Head-to-head overview

23 meetings

SantosWins: 9
Draws30.4% of meetings: 7
Botafogo RJWins: 7

Goals per match: 2.09
Over 2.5 goals: 39.1%
Both teams scored: 39.1%

Date	Season	Match
2026-07-16	2026	Botafogo RJ2–1Santos
2025-10-26	2025	Botafogo RJ2–2Santos
2025-06-01	2025	Santos0–1Botafogo RJ
2023-11-26	2023	Botafogo RJ1–1Santos
2023-07-23	2023	Santos2–2Botafogo RJ
2022-11-10	2022	Botafogo RJ3–0Santos
2022-07-21	2022	Santos2–0Botafogo RJ
2021-01-17	2020	Santos2–1Botafogo RJ
2020-09-20	2020	Botafogo RJ0–0Santos
2019-11-03	2019	Santos4–1Botafogo RJ
2019-07-21	2019	Botafogo RJ0–1Santos
2018-11-21	2018	Santos1–1Botafogo RJ
2018-08-04	2018	Botafogo RJ0–0Santos
2017-09-16	2017	Botafogo RJ2–0Santos
2017-06-08	2017	Santos1–0Botafogo RJ
2016-09-14	2016	Botafogo RJ0–1Santos
2016-06-05	2016	Santos3–0Botafogo RJ
2014-11-30	2014	Santos2–0Botafogo RJ
2014-08-31	2014	Botafogo RJ1–0Santos
2013-09-15	2013	Santos1–2Botafogo RJ
2013-05-29	2013	Botafogo RJ2–1Santos
2012-10-10	2012	Botafogo RJ0–2Santos
2012-07-18	2012	Santos0–0Botafogo RJ

Recent matches

Date	Season	Match
2026-09-19	2026	Remo1–2Santos
2026-09-14	2026	Santos2–1Cruzeiro
2026-09-13	2026	Santos2–1Cruzeiro
2026-09-06	2026	Internacional2–3Santos
2026-08-30	2026	Corinthians0–1Santos
2026-08-23	2026	Santos1–1Mirassol
2026-08-16	2026	Vasco0–3Santos
2026-08-09	2026	Santos0–2Athletico-PR

Botafogo RJ

Date	Season	Match
2026-09-19	2026	Mirassol2–0Botafogo RJ
2026-09-16	2026	Botafogo RJ3–2Gremio
2026-09-14	2026	Botafogo RJ1–1Bragantino
2026-09-13	2026	Botafogo RJ1–1Bragantino
2026-09-06	2026	Botafogo RJ0–0Palmeiras
2026-08-30	2026	Flamengo RJ3–0Botafogo RJ
2026-08-25	2026	Botafogo RJ2–3Athletico-PR
2026-08-16	2026	Vitoria1–0Botafogo RJ

Santos Botafogo RJ

Wins

75%

12%

Over 2.5 goals

62%

38%

Both teams scored

62%

50%

Clean sheets

25%

12%

Home & away results

This season · 2026

Santos

Home · Série A

Home			Away		1st goal
8	Santos		Flamengo RJ	1
8	Santos		Palmeiras	2
8	Santos	0–2	Athletico-PR	3	14′ Away
8	Santos	2–3	Fluminense	4	9′ Home
8	Santos		Bahia	5
8	Santos	2–1	Cruzeiro	6	28′ Home
8	Santos	2–1	Cruzeiro	6	—
8	Santos	1–0	Atletico-MG	7	63′ Home
8 · Santos
8	Santos	0–3	Coritiba	9	6′ Away
8	Santos	2–0	Bragantino	10	45+5′ Home
8	Santos	1–1	Sao Paulo	11	45+5′ Home
8	Santos		Botafogo RJ	12
8	Santos	2–1	Vasco	13	25′ Home
8	Santos	3–1	Vitoria	14	19′ Home
8	Santos	1–1	Mirassol	15	36′ Away
8	Santos	1–1	Corinthians	16	18′ Away
8	Santos	1–2	Internacional	17	—
8	Santos		Gremio	18
8	Santos	2–0	Remo	19	40′ Home
8	Santos	2–2	Chapecoense-SC	20	—

Botafogo RJ

Away · Série A

Home			Away		1st goal
1	Flamengo RJ	3–0	Botafogo RJ	12	13′ Home
2	Palmeiras	2–1	Botafogo RJ	12	9′ Home
3	Athletico-PR	4–1	Botafogo RJ	12	4′ Home
4	Fluminense	1–0	Botafogo RJ	12	55′ Home
5	Bahia	2–1	Botafogo RJ	12	—
6	Cruzeiro	0–1	Botafogo RJ	12	41′ Away
7	Atletico-MG	1–1	Botafogo RJ	12	23′ Home
8	Santos		Botafogo RJ	12
9	Coritiba		Botafogo RJ	12
10	Bragantino	1–2	Botafogo RJ	12	8′ Away
11	Sao Paulo	1–1	Botafogo RJ	12	4′ Home
12 · Botafogo RJ
13	Vasco	1–2	Botafogo RJ	12	61′ Home
14	Vitoria	1–0	Botafogo RJ	12	27′ Home
15	Mirassol	2–0	Botafogo RJ	12	16′ Home
16	Corinthians		Botafogo RJ	12
17	Internacional		Botafogo RJ	12
18	Gremio	5–3	Botafogo RJ	12	17′ Away
19	Remo		Botafogo RJ	12
20	Chapecoense-SC	1–4	Botafogo RJ	12	10′ Away

Santos Home Botafogo RJ Away

Wins

47%

29%

Over 1.5

93%

79%

Over 2.5

53%

57%

Over 3.5

20%

21%

Both teams scored

67%

64%

Clean sheets

20%

7%

Scores first

N/A

36%

Season analysis

Home, away & overall

Série A · 2026 · Completed league matches only.

Santos

28 matches

Goals & results	Home15 matches	Away13 matches	Overall28 matches
Points / match	1.67	1.23	1.46
Draws	26.7%	30.8%	28.6%
Goals scored / match	1.47	1.62	1.54
Goals conceded / match	1.27	1.69	1.46
Total goals / match	2.73	3.31	3.00
Failed to score	13.3%	7.7%	10.7%
Under 2.5 goals	46.7%	23.1%	35.7%

Scoring first & comebacks

Match situation
Scores first → leads at half-time	—	—
Scores first → wins	—	—
Concedes first → wins	—	—

Scoring order known: 13/15 home. Percentages are shown only when the required data is complete.

Goal timing

Home matches

Minutes	Scored	Conceded
0–15	—	—
16–30	—	—
31–45	—	—
46–60	—	—
61–75	—	—
76–90	—	—

Goal-minute data is not available. “—” means unavailable, not zero. The 31–45 and 76–90 intervals include stoppage time.

Botafogo RJ

29 matches

Goals & results	Home15 matches	Away14 matches	Overall29 matches
Points / match	1.47	1.00	1.24
Draws	46.7%	14.3%	31.0%
Goals scored / match	1.67	1.21	1.45
Goals conceded / match	1.40	1.79	1.59
Total goals / match	3.07	3.00	3.03
Failed to score	20.0%	28.6%	24.1%
Under 2.5 goals	33.3%	42.9%	37.9%

Scoring first & comebacks

Match situation
Scores first → leads at half-time	4 of 5	80%
Scores first → wins	3 of 5	60%
Concedes first → wins	1 of 9	11%

Scoring order known: 14/14 away. Percentages are shown only when the required data is complete.

Goal timing

Away matches

Minutes	Scored	Conceded
0–15	—	—
16–30	—	—
31–45	—	—
46–60	—	—
61–75	—	—
76–90	—	—

Goal-minute data is not available. “—” means unavailable, not zero. The 31–45 and 76–90 intervals include stoppage time.

Two perspectives

What each model says about this match

The strength model considers results adjusted for opponent quality; the goals model uses recent form. Differences between them deserve a closer look.

Model	Santos	Draw	Botafogo RJ	How it works
Strength (Elo)	47.1%	24.4%	28.5%	Historical results adjusted for opponent quality and the league's home advantage
Goals (Poisson)	33.1%	23.4%	42.3%	Each team's recent attack and defence relative to the league average

1.47–1.70 Model expected goals

60.1% Probability of over 2.5 goals

62.0% Both teams to score

1-1 Most likely score, at 10.5%

Most likely scores

Poisson model

1-110.5%

1-28.9%

2-17.7%

0-17.1%

2-26.6%

1-06.2%

Strength and dominance

Team strength and finishing efficiency

Recent results need context. These measures account for opponent quality and the balance of play.

Measure	Santos	Botafogo RJ	How to read it
Strength (Elo)	1542	1532	The league average is 1500. A higher rating indicates stronger results after adjusting for opponent quality.
Change over the last 10	46	-34	Rating gained or lost over the last ten matches
Opposition strength	1526	1520	Average opponent rating over the last 20 matches. Above 1500 indicates a tougher schedule.

Goals

When teams score and how matches unfold

Averages hide the distribution. Teams with similar goals per match can have very different patterns of scorelines.

Goals by half

20 matches

Team	1H scored	2H scored	1H conceded	2H conceded
Santos	0.79	0.84	0.47	0.95
Botafogo RJ	0.58	0.74	0.68	0.68

Total goals

40 matches per team

Team	0	1	2	3	4+
Santos	2%	10%	28%	30%	30%
Botafogo RJ	10%	8%	18%	25%	40%

Context

Coming into the match

Home and away performance, rest since the last match, and each team's manager.

1.82 Santos at home, 11 matches

1.00 Botafogo RJ away, 8 matches

74d Days of rest for Santos

74d Days of rest for Botafogo RJ

Juan Pablo Vojvoda Manager of Santos, since 17/08/25

— Manager of Botafogo RJ

0 Matches for Santos in the last 14 days

0 Matches for Botafogo RJ in the last 14 days

22 Points for Santos behind the leaders, and 9 above the relegation zone

27 Points for Botafogo RJ behind the leaders, and 4 above the relegation zone

2.59 League goals per match

27.3% League draw rate

Statistics

Side-by-side comparison

Averages over each team's last 20 matches. The left bar represents Santos, the right bar represents Botafogo RJ.

On the ball

20 matches

5.68

corners

5.05

13.05

fouls

13.79

2.76

yellow cards

3.07

Recent form

10 matches

Team	Last 10	PPG	goals	streak
Santos	WWWWWDWLDL	2.00	1.70–1.20	5W
Botafogo RJ	LWDDDLLLDW	1.00	0.90–1.40	1L

At half-time

20 matches

Team	ahead	level	behind	comeback wins	lead lost
Santos	9	6	4	0	3
Botafogo RJ	7	4	8	0	3

Squads

Injuries and suspensions

0 players reported unavailable or doubtful across both teams, with the reason.

Santos

0 unavailable

No absences reported.

Botafogo RJ

0 unavailable

No absences reported.

Newsroom

News about both teams

No recent news linked to these teams.