Botafogo 2-0 Fluminense: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 27 April 2025

Result

Botafogo 2-0 Fluminense

Serie A · Sunday 27 April 2025, 00:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Botafogo · Fluminense

Botafogo 2-0 Fluminense: match report

Botafogo beat Fluminense 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 27 April 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Vitinho opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Vitinho (37') and Jefferson Savarino (90+5'). Fluminense did not score.

Discipline: Botafogo received 4 yellow cards; Fluminense received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 16th on 5 points from 5 and Fluminense 4th on 10 points from 5. Botafogo went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Fluminense 5th with 64.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Fluminense in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jefferson Savarino of Botafogo (8.6), ahead of Igor Jesus (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Botafogo wins, 0 draws and 0 for Fluminense.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Alexander BarbozaBotafogo
  • 24'Yellow card · CuiabanoBotafogo
  • 37'Goal · VitinhoBotafogo · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Facundo BernalFluminense
  • 56'Yellow card · Juan Pablo FreytesFluminense
  • 59'Yellow card · GansoFluminense
  • 68'Yellow card · Jhon AriasFluminense
  • 71'Yellow card · GregoreBotafogo
  • 90+5'Goal · Jefferson SavarinoBotafogo · 2-0
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jefferson SavarinoBotafogo

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Botafogo 2, draws 0, Fluminense 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • IsaqueFluminense · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

John Victor, Vitinho, Jair Cunha, Alexander Barboza, Cuiabano, Gregore, Marlon Freitas, Matheus Martins, Jefferson Savarino, Gonzalo Mastriani, Igor Jesus

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

Fábio, Samuel Xavier, Ignácio, Juan Pablo Freytes, Renê, Facundo Bernal, Martinelli, Jhon Arias, Ganso, Agustín Canobbio, Germán Cano