Botafogo 2-1 Grêmio: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Botafogo 2-1 Grêmio

Serie A · Saturday 28 April 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Botafogo · Grêmio · Serie A predictions

Botafogo 2-1 Grêmio: match report

Botafogo beat Grêmio 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Brenner opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Brenner (36') and Gilson (90+2'). Grêmio scored through an own goal by Igor Rabello (38').

Discipline: Botafogo received 1 yellow card; Grêmio received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Botafogo were 14th on 2 points from 2 and Grêmio 6th on 4 points from 2. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Grêmio 4th with 66.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Grêmio in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brenner of Botafogo (8.0), ahead of Gil Guerreiro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 6 for Grêmio.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · BrennerBotafogo · 1-0
  • 38'Own goal · Igor RabelloGrêmio · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Marcelo OliveiraGrêmio
  • 79'Yellow card · Joel CarliBotafogo
  • 90+2'Goal · GilsonBotafogo · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Botafogo 3, draws 1, Grêmio 6.

Team news

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

Jefferson, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Marcinho, Gil Guerreiro, Rodrigo Lindoso, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Matheus Fernandes, L. Valencia, Renatinho, Brenner

Grêmio line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paulo Victor, Madson, Bressan, Marcelo Oliveira, Jonathan Doin, Michel, Luan, Maicosuel, Alisson, Jailson, André