Botafogo 3-4 São Paulo: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 29 July 2017

Result

Botafogo 3-4 São Paulo

Serie A · Saturday 29 July 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Botafogo · São Paulo · Serie A predictions

Botafogo 3-4 São Paulo: match report

Botafogo were beaten by São Paulo 3-4 in Serie A on Saturday 29 July 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

C. Cueva opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Marcos Vinícius (19'), Marcos Vinícius (25') and Guilherme Augusto (69'). São Paulo scored through C. Cueva (18'), Marcos Guilherme (84'), Wade Elliott (86') and Marcos Guilherme (90+2').

Discipline: Botafogo received no yellow cards; São Paulo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Botafogo were 7th on 24 points from 16 and São Paulo 18th on 16 points from 16. Botafogo went on to finish that season 10th with 53 points, and São Paulo 13th with 50.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and São Paulo in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcos Vinicius of Botafogo (8.5), ahead of Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · C. CuevaSão Paulo · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Marcos ViníciusBotafogo · 1-1
  • 25'Goal · Marcos ViníciusBotafogo · 2-1
  • 46'Yellow card · PetrosSão Paulo
  • 68'Missed penalty · C. CuevaSão Paulo
  • 69'Goal · Guilherme AugustoBotafogo · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Marcos GuilhermeSão Paulo · 3-2
  • 86'Goal · Wade ElliottSão Paulo · 3-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Marcos GuilhermeSão Paulo · 3-4

Team news

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

Roberto Fernández, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Luis Ricardo, Victor Luís, Rodrigo Lindoso, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Matheus Fernandes, Marcos Vinicius, João Paulo, Roger Silva

São Paulo line-up (4-1-4-1)

Renan Ribeiro, Bruno, Rodrigo Caio, Robert Arboleda, Edimar, Petros, Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo, Hernanes, Jucilei, Marcinho, Lucas Pratto