📏 Form Guide

Botafogo

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Botafogo, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 Serie A success against Vasco da Gama.

In that game, Botafogo managed 37% possession and 18 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Botafogo, the goals were scored by Lucas Villalba (66') and Martins (79'). At the other end, Vasco da Gama had 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. David (61') scored for Vasco da Gama.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Botafogo have been involved. Opposition teams scored 13 times in this period whereas Botafogo bagged a total of 7. Having said that, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall persist in this match.

Caracas

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Caracas come into this game following on from a 2-1 Copa Sudamericana win versus Deportes Iquique in their last match.

In that match, Caracas managed 52% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Caracas was Michael Covea (26'). Deportes Iquique got 19 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring Caracas, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match during that spell is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Caracas equalling 1.5.

📰 Team News: Botafogo

Chris Ramos (Lumbar vertebra problems), Kaio (Knee problems), Joaquín Correa (Knock) and Marçal (unknown injury) will be missing for Botafogo manager Franclim Carvalho.

ℹ️ Team News: Caracas

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Caracas manager has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

It’s looking like Caracas may well find it hard to find the back of the net against a Botafogo lineup who will most probably win pretty easily here.

We think that it’s going to be a commanding 3-0 margin for Botafogo after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 21:00 09/04/2026