BRASíLIA. Fluminense manages to recover against Botafogo with a goal on the C. Eduardo 41′ and a goal on the Jeffinho 52′. Fluminense was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%)
The match was played at the Estádio Nacional de Brasília stadium in Brasília on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ramon Abatti with the support of Eder Alexandre and Giseli Casaril. The 4th official was Grazianni Maciel Rocha. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23 degrees Celsius or 73.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 19 Total 12
- 6 On Target 5
- 13 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 123 Attack 69
- 52 Dangerous attack 22
- 49 Ball safe 46
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Fluminense was in firm control of the ball 65% while Botafogo was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fluminense was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Fluminense to win the match.
Fluminense shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Botafogo shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Fluminense received 3 yellow cards (Martinelli, Ganso and Matheus Martins). On the other side, Botafogo received 2 yellow cards (Tiquinho Soares and Fernando Marcal).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Fluminense will have 55 points to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Botafogo will have 44 points like Fortaleza to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fluminense will play away against Bragantino on the 13th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Fluminense (2 draws).
Botafogo will play away agasint Athletico PR on the 13th of November with a 15-11 head to head statistic in favor of Athletico PR (5 draws).
Fluminense – Formation
Fluminense
47'
50'
76'
Fluminense started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
The manager Fernando Diniz Silva decided to play with the following team: Fábio , Samuel Xavier , Manoel , Nino , Calegari , André , Matheus Martinelli , Yago Felipe , Jhon Arias , Ganso and Germán Cano .
The home team had on the bench: Cristiano , Felipe Melo, Matheus Martins , Wellington, Marcos Felipe, Alan, David Braz, Nathan , Willian, Caio Paulista, Michel Araújo and Alexandre Jesus.
Substitutions
Fluminense made 4 changes: Manoel for Nathan (47′), Lucas Calegari for Cristiano (65′), Yago Felipe for Matheus Martins (73′) and German Cano for Alan (87′).
Best player: Matheus Martins
The most impressive player for Fluminense was Matheus Martins.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 73′.
Botafogo – Formation
Botafogo
Botafogo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro played with: Gatito Fernández , Daniel Borges , Adryelson , Víctor Cuesta , Marçal , Eduardo , Patrick de Paula , Gabriel Pires , Júnior Santos , Tiquinho Soares and Jeffinho .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rafael, Diego Gonçalves, Del Piage , Lucas Piazón, Lucas Perri, Jacob Montes, Victor Sá , Luís Henrique, Kanu, Hugo, Douglas Borges and Philipe Sampaio.
Botafogo could not rely on the presence of Del Piage (injured).
Substitutions
Botafogo made 2 changes: C. Eduardo for Del Piage (61′) and Jeffinho for Victor Sa (80′).
Best player: Júnior Santos
The player that probably impressed the most for Botafogo was Júnior Santos.
His rating is with 19 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Coritiba – Internacional – 1-1
- Cuiabá – Goiás – 1-2
- Atlético GO – Ceará – 1-0
- Juventude – São Paulo – 1-2
- Palmeiras – Avaí – 3-0
- Fluminense – Botafogo – 2-2
