Botafogo 2-1 Fluminense: result and report
Serie A · Monday 14 May 2018
Result
Botafogo 2-1 Fluminense
Serie A · Monday 14 May 2018, 23:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Botafogo 2-1 Fluminense: match report
Botafogo beat Fluminense 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 14 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Rodrigo Lindoso opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Rodrigo Lindoso (27') and Kieza (64'). Fluminense scored through Pedro (33').
Discipline: Botafogo received 2 yellow cards; Fluminense received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 15th on 5 points from 4 and Fluminense 8th on 7 points from 4. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Fluminense 12th with 45.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fluminense in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jefferson of Botafogo (8.3), level with Júnior Sornoza (8.3).
Going into the match Botafogo's last five read L-W-D-D and Fluminense's W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Renatinho
- 27'Goal · Rodrigo Lindoso
- 28'Yellow card · Joel Carli
- 33'Goal · Pedro
- 64'Goal · Kieza
Team news
Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jefferson, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Marcinho, Gil Guerreiro, Rodrigo Lindoso, Kieza, Matheus Fernandes, Renatinho, Luiz Fernando, Brenner
Fluminense line-up (3-4-2-1)
Júlio César, Gum, Renato Chaves, Luan Peres, Gilberto, Ayrton Lucas, Wadson, Richard, Pedro, Júnior Sornoza, Marcos Júnior