Botafogo 4-2 Fortaleza: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 7 December 2025
Result
Botafogo 4-2 Fortaleza: match report
Botafogo beat Fortaleza 4-2 in Serie A on Sunday 7 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Breno Lopes opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Álvaro Montoro (45+5'), Arthur Cabral (48'), Marçal (84') and Mateo Ponte (90+5'). Fortaleza scored through Breno Lopes (17') and Adam Bareiro (56', penalty).
Discipline: Botafogo received 1 yellow card; Fortaleza received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 6th on 60 points from 37 and Fortaleza 16th on 43 points from 37. Botafogo went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Fortaleza 18th with 43.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fortaleza in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Bareiro of Fortaleza (7.8), ahead of Álvaro Montoro (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 0 for Fortaleza.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Breno Lopes
- 40'Yellow card · Eros Mancuso
- 45+4'Yellow card · Adam Bareiro
- 45+5'Goal · Álvaro Montoro
- 48'Goal · Arthur Cabral
- 56'Penalty goal · Adam Bareiro
- 84'Goal · Marçal
- 90+1'Yellow card · Rodrigo Santos
- 90+1'Yellow card · Kauan Toledo
- 90+3'Yellow card · Lucas Sasha
- 90+5'Goal · Mateo Ponte
Head-to-head
Team news
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Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Raul, Vitinho, Gabriel Bahia, Marçal, Alex Telles, Allan, Marlon Freitas, Artur, Álvaro Montoro, Jordan Barrera, Arthur Cabral
Fortaleza line-up (4-4-2)
Brenno, Eros Mancuso, Lucas Gazal, Gastón Ávila, Diogo Barbosa, Yago Pikachu, Pierre, Lucas Sasha, Tomás Pochettino, Adam Bareiro, Breno Lopes