RIO DE JANEIRO. Cuiabá conquers Botafogo 1-0 after I. Pitta scored just 1 goal (52′). Botafogo was truly better in terms of ball possession (67%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Wilton Pereira Sampaio with the support of Luanderson Lima dos Santos and Leone Carvalho. The 4th official was Alex Gomes Stefano. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.47 degrees Celsius or 90.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Botafogo was in firm control of the ball 67% while Cuiabá was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Botafogo was putting more pressure with 99 dangerous attacks and 32 shots of which 9 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cuiabá was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Botafogo shot 32 times, 9 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Cuiabá shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Botafogo received 1 yellow card (V. Cuesta). Talking about the opposition, Cuiabá received 6 yellow cards (Walter, Raniele, Toni Oliveira, Denilson, Lucas Mineiro and Alan Empereur).

Standings

After this match, Botafogo will stay with 59 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Cuiabá will have 40 points to lose in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Botafogo will play away against Bragantino on the 10th of November with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Botafogo (2 draws).

Cuiabá will host Athletico PR on the 2nd of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Athletico PR (1 draw).

Botafogo – Formation

Botafogo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento decided to play with the following team: Lucas Perri (6.0), L. Di Plácido (7.3), Adryelson (7.0), V. Cuesta (7.0), Marçal (7.0), Tchê Tchê (7.1), Marlon Freitas (7.3), Júnior Santos (7.7), Eduardo (7.0), Luis Henrique (6.8) and Tiquinho Soares (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: R. Fernández, Danilo Barbosa, M. Segovia (7.5), Gabriel Pires (7.0), Hugo (7.1), Bastos, Carlos Alberto (6.8), J. Montes, Janderson (7.5), JP Galvão, Raí and Philipe Sampaio.

Substitutions

Botafogo made 5 changes: Marçal for Hugo (73′), Eduardo for Janderson (73′), Tchê Tchê for Carlos Alberto (87′), Luis Henrique for M. Segovia (59′) and Marlon Freitas for Gabriel Pires (87′).

Best player: Tiquinho Soares​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Botafogo was Tiquinho Soares.

His rating is (7.7) with 30 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Cuiabá – Formation

Cuiabá started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

António José Cardoso de Oliveira played with: Walter (8.8), Matheus Alexandre (7.7), Marllon (7.3), Alan Empereur (7.0), Rikelme (6.6), Denilson (6.6), Raniele (7.1), Lucas Mineiro (7.0), Clayson (7.0), Deyverson (7.1) and Isidro Pitta (7.5).

They had on the bench: Filipe Augusto (6.4), Uendel, Jonathan Cafu (6.4), Ronald, Wellington Silva (6.3), Emerson Ramon, João Carlos, Vinicius, Allyson, Calebe, Fernando Sobral (6.6) and Patric Calmon (6.8).

Substitutions

Cuiabá made 5 changes: Clayson for Jonathan Cafu (80′), Lucas Mineiro for Filipe Augusto (64′), Isidro Pitta for Wellington Silva (64′), Denilson for Fernando Sobral (59′) and Rikelme for Patric Calmon (80′).

Best player: Walter​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cuiabá was the goalkeeper: Walter. His rating is 8.77. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Athletico PR – São Paulo – 1-1
• Internacional – Coritiba – 3-4
• Atlético Mineiro – Fluminense – 2-0
• Goiás – Vasco da Gama – 1-1
• Corinthians – Santos – 1-1
• Botafogo – Cuiabá – 0-1