Botafogo 0-1 Santa Cruz: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 3 July 2016
Result
Botafogo 0-1 Santa Cruz
Serie A · Sunday 3 July 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Botafogo 0-1 Santa Cruz: match report
Botafogo lost to Santa Cruz 0-1 in Serie A on Sunday 3 July 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Sassá opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Botafogo's goals came from Sassá (2') and Neílton (18'). Santa Cruz scored through João Paulo (49').
Discipline: Botafogo received 1 yellow card; Santa Cruz received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Botafogo were 20th on 6 points from 12 and Santa Cruz 16th on 13 points from 12. Botafogo went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Santa Cruz 18th with 36.
Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Santa Cruz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neilton Meira Mestzk of Botafogo (8.2), ahead of João Paulo (8.1).
Going into the match Botafogo's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Santa Cruz's L-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Sassá
- 18'Goal · Neílton
- 32'Yellow card · Vítor
- 49'Goal · João Paulo
- 68'Yellow card · Marcilio
- 75'Yellow card · Bruno Silva
- 83'Yellow card · Leandro Lima
- 83'Yellow card · Leandro Lima
Team news
Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sidão, Emerson Santos, Renan Fonseca, Luis Ricardo, Diogo Barbosa, Rodrigo Lindoso, Neilton Meira Mestzk, Bruno Silva, Camilo, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Sassá
Santa Cruz line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tiago Cardoso, Vítor, Walter, Danny Morais, Roberto, Uillian Correia, Marcilio, Léo Moura, João Paulo, Fernando Gabriel, Grafite