Botafogo 2-1 Bahia: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 2 October 2025
Result
Botafogo 2-1 Bahia: match report
Botafogo defeated Bahia 2-1 in Serie A on Thursday 2 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Santiago Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Santiago Rodríguez (27') and Jeffinho (46'). Bahia scored through Rodrigo Nestor (55').
Discipline: Botafogo received 4 yellow cards; Bahia received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Botafogo were 5th on 40 points from 25 and Bahia 6th on 40 points from 24. Botafogo went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Bahia 7th with 60.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bahia in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrigo Nestor of Bahia (8.0), ahead of Santiago Rodríguez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bahia.
Going into the match Botafogo's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Bahia's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Santiago Rodríguez
- 40'Yellow card · Santiago Arias
- 45+4'Yellow card · Cuiabano
- 45+4'Yellow card · Mateo Sanabria
- 46'Goal · Jeffinho
- 55'Goal · Rodrigo Nestor
- 59'Second yellow · Mateo Sanabria
- 70'Yellow card · Rodrigo Nestor
- 72'Yellow card · Alexander Barboza
- 87'Yellow card · Allan
- 89'Yellow card · David Ricardo
- 90+4'Yellow card · Gabriel Xavier
Head-to-head
Team news
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Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Léo Linck, Vitinho, Kaio, Alexander Barboza, Cuiabano, Marlon Freitas, Newton, Santiago Rodríguez, Jefferson Savarino, Jeffinho, Arthur Cabral
Bahia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ronaldo, Santiago Arias, Gabriel Xavier, Santiago Ramos Mingo, Luciano Juba, Rezende, Jean Lucas, Kayky, Everton Ribeiro, Mateo Sanabria, Willian José