Figueirense vs Botafogo
Brasileiro Serie A
Date: Sunday, 9th October 2016,
Kick-off at 21:00 UK
Venue: Estadio Orlando Scarpelli.
Brasileiro Serie A
Date: Sunday, 9th October 2016,
Kick-off at 21:00 UK
Venue: Estadio Orlando Scarpelli.
Figueirense are involved in a tough relegation battle this season. And if there is something that gives them hope, it is their home form. Currently 18th in the league standings, but they have lost only once at home this season. While they have won 6 and drawn 7 from their 14 home matches so far. The Figueira have 31 points at the moment and a win here could take them out of the relegation zone.
Botafogo are having an excellent run in the after regaining promotion to the Brasileiro Serie A this season. They are 9th in the league standings which mainly owes to a brilliant form at their home stadium. Their away record this season isn’t great, but have improved recently after taking 3 wins from the last 5 away games.
Reason For Betting Tips
This is unquestionably a bigger game for Figueirense than Botafogo. The visitors have 10 more points on the board and have all but secured survival, which would have been their primary objective on this, their first season back in the top flight. They’ve been a bit up and down in recent weeks with 3 of their last 5 matches in all competitions ending in 1-0 defeats but they were solid 2-0 winners at home to defending champions Corinthians last time out, thanks to 1st Half goals from Neilton and Diogo Goiano.
They are a bit hard to figure out from a betting point of view as their last 16 matches haven’t produced a single draw with 9 wins and 7 defeats. That might suggest they’ve been bold and are playing for the win, even if it risks losing games but that hasn’t really been the case, with many low-scoring matches in that run. Their last 7 games have all ended either with 1-0 or 2-0 scorelines and against a Figueirense side with the 2nd worst goal-scoring record in the league, you’d expect this to be a low-scoring affair.
Figueirense are another pretty strange team to work out. They’ve won just 4 of their last 19 league matches, which helps explain why they are in the relegation zone and 2 points from safety at this advanced stage in the season. However, what really stands out is that despite their overall struggles, Figueirense have lost just once at home in the league this term.
They are very clearly a tough team to beat on their own patch and were pretty comfortable 3-1 winners against Santa Cruz in their most recent home match. With Botafogo a bit inconsistent and having lost 5 of their last 8 away games in all competitions, the value here looks to be found by backing Figueirense 0.0 Asian Handicap at 1.950 and the recent head-t0-head backs that up.
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Head To Head
Figueirense are unbeaten in 5 games against Botafogo, recording 3 wins, all by 1-0 margins.
Stats
Figueirense have lost just 1 of their last 16 home league games. 6 of Botafogo's last 10 games in all competitions have finished with 1-0 scorelines.
Team News
Marquinhos Santos may go with the same players that have started the last two matches again, despite that 1-0 defeat at Internacional last time out.
Few changes are expected from the side that beat Corinthians 2-0 last weekend. Striker Vinicius Tanque may struggle to keep his place though, having failed to net in the league this term and with 18 year old Luis Henrique knocking on the door for his first league start.
