Botafogo 2-0 América Mineiro: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 28 May 2023

Result

Botafogo 2-0 América Mineiro

Serie A · Sunday 28 May 2023, 22:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Botafogo · América Mineiro · Serie A predictions

Botafogo 2-0 América Mineiro: match report

Botafogo defeated América Mineiro 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 28 May 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Júnior Santos opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Botafogo's goals came from Júnior Santos (3') and Luis Henrique (60'). América Mineiro did not score.

Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; América Mineiro received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 1st on 18 points from 7 and América Mineiro 19th on 4 points from 7. Botafogo went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and América Mineiro 20th with 24.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and América Mineiro in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Henrique of Botafogo (8.2), ahead of Leonel Di Plácido (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Botafogo wins, 2 draws and 4 for América Mineiro.

Going into the match Botafogo's last five read W-L-W-W-W and América Mineiro's W-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Júnior SantosBotafogo · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Victor CuestaBotafogo
  • 44'Yellow card · MarçalBotafogo
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Renato MarquesAmérica Mineiro
  • 51'Yellow card · Iago MaidanaAmérica Mineiro
  • 60'Goal · Luis HenriqueBotafogo · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · MarcinhoAmérica Mineiro

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Botafogo 2, draws 2, América Mineiro 4.

Team news

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Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lucas Perri, Leonel Di Plácido, Adryelson, Victor Cuesta, Marçal, Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê, Júnior Santos, Lucas Fernandes, Luis Henrique, Eduardo

América Mineiro line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mateus Pasinato, Marcinho, Wanderson, Iago Maidana, Danilo Avelar, Lucas Kal, Everaldo, Breno Cascardo, Emmanuel Martínez, Felipe Azevedo, Renato Marques