Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo: result and report

Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo

Serie A · Thursday 19 July 2018, 00:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Corinthians won against Botafogo 2-0 in Serie A on Thursday 19 July 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rodriguinho opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Corinthians's goals came from Rodriguinho (3') and Ángel Romero (76'). Botafogo did not score.

Discipline: Corinthians received 2 yellow cards; Botafogo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Corinthians were 10th on 16 points from 12 and Botafogo 9th on 17 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Serie A season and is kept for reference.

Corinthians lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cássio of Corinthians (8.9), ahead of Fagner (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Corinthians wins, 3 draws and 5 for Botafogo.

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