On the upcoming weekend, in Brazil’s Serie A the fixtures of the 13th matchday will take place. Here, on Sunday at 21:00 a city derby in Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo RJ vs Vasco da Gama, will be played. Thus, the leader in Brazil’s Serie A table receives the third-last. The Fogo and the Cruzmaltino collected 30 and nine points respectively.
What speaks for Botafogo RJ?
- They won, for example, five of the last six championship matches with a clean sheet.
What speaks for Vasco da Gama?
- They can only surprise.
Our betting prediction:
- Prediction: Botafogo RJ
- Odds: 1.70
Expert analysis Botafogo RJ
In their twelve appearances in Brazil’s Serie A 2023, Botafogo won ten times and lost twice. Moreover, Luís Castro’s side prevailed in all six of their home matches, with the Fogo side netting twelve times and conceding one goal. The latter happened in mid-April in the league opener against the eleventh-placed São Paulo.
A month later, Botafogo suffered their first defeat in this championship with a 1-2 at the fourth-bottom Goiás. But the leaders from Rio de Janeiro instantly returned to winning ways. May ended with a 1-0 in another city derby against the fifth-placed Fluminense and a 2-0 against the tenth-ranked América Mineiro.
Then, June began for Castro’s side with a 0-1 away defeat to the ninth-placed Athletico Paranaense. But just like after the first point loss, they immediately got back on the winning track. The Fogo initially beat the eighth-placed Fortaleza 2-0 and then on 23 June away the fifth-bottom Cuiabá 1-0. Thereafter, Botafogo prevailed on Sunday at the fourth-placed Palmeiras with 1-0, too.
Expert analysis Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama finished fourth in Serie B 2022 and returned after two seasons to the top-flight. There, the Cruzmaltino lost seven of their twelve championship matches. Furthermore, they experienced three draws and two victories. The second of these arrived on Tuesday with a 1-0 home win over Cuiabá. This marked the successful debut of caretaker coach Willian Batista. He replaced Mauricio Barbieri a few days earlier.
Barbieri’s last appearance on the Vasco da Gama sidelines ended in a 0-1 domestic defeat to Goiás. This meant the sixth defeat in a row for the Cruzmaltino. The negative streak began in mid-May with a 0-1 against the 13th-ranked Santos and a 2-4 defeat at São Paulo. Afterwards, Vasco da Gama initially lost at Fortaleza (0-2), another city derby against the third-placed Flamengo (1-4) and on 11 June at sixth-ranked Internacional (1-2).
Head-to-head comparison Botafogo RJ vs Vasco da Gama
The visitors in the city derby Botafogo vs Vasco da Gama returned to Brazil’s Serie A after two seasons. However, these teams duelled in the Campeonato Carioca in 2021 and 2022, too.
Here, Botafogo celebrated a 2-0 victory in their last home match against Vasco da Gama in August. Afterwards, the Fogo threaded away a 4-0 and a 1-0. The streak snapped on 17 February with a 0-2 away defeat to the Cruzmaltino.
Our betting prediction and the best odds
The home side in the city derby Botafogo RJ vs Vasco da Gama won ten of their twelve Brazil Serie A fixtures. Six of those victories arrived in the same number of home matches, with the Fogo winning the last five with clean sheets.
Furthermore, they threaded their third win in a row with a 1-0 win at the fourth-placed Palmeiras on Sunday. Two days later, Vasco da Gama beat the fifth-last-placed Cuiabá. At the debut of the caretaker Willian Batista, a series of six defeats ended.
Botafogo RJ vs Vasco da Gama – betting prediction: Botafogo RJ, odds 1.70
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