Botafogo 4-2 América Mineiro: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 14 August 2011
Result
Botafogo 4-2 América Mineiro
Serie A · Sunday 14 August 2011, 00:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Botafogo 4-2 América Mineiro: match report
Botafogo won against América Mineiro 4-2 in Serie A on Sunday 14 August 2011. The half-time score was 1-2.
Alessandro opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Botafogo's goals came from Elkeson (31'), Antônio Carlos (62'), Alex Azevedo (75') and Alex Azevedo (79'). América Mineiro scored through Alessandro (2') and Rodriguinho (9').
Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; América Mineiro received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 6th on 25 points from 15 and América Mineiro 20th on 11 points from 15. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 56 points, and América Mineiro 19th with 37.
Going into the match Botafogo's last five read W-L-W-W-L and América Mineiro's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Alessandro
- 9'Goal · Rodriguinho
- 16'Yellow card · Amaral
- 29'Yellow card · Elkeson
- 31'Goal · Elkeson
- 55'Yellow card · Renato
- 62'Goal · Antônio Carlos
- 75'Goal · Alex Azevedo
- 79'Goal · Alex Azevedo
- 84'Yellow card · Marcos Rocha