Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 17 August 2019
Result
Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo
Serie A · Saturday 17 August 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Corinthians 2-0 Botafogo: match report
Corinthians defeated Botafogo 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Corinthians's goals came from Mauro Boselli (42') and Everaldo (56'). Botafogo did not score.
Discipline: Corinthians received 2 yellow cards; Botafogo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Corinthians were 6th on 24 points from 14 and Botafogo 7th on 22 points from 14. Corinthians went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Botafogo 15th with 43.
Corinthians lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Botafogo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedrinho of Corinthians (8.4), ahead of Everaldo (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Corinthians wins, 2 draws and 5 for Botafogo.
Going into the match Corinthians's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Botafogo's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Marcelo Benevenuto
- 42'Goal · Mauro Boselli
- 49'Yellow card · Gil
- 56'Goal · Everaldo
- 65'Yellow card · Marcinho
- 76'Yellow card · Gabriel
- 78'Yellow card · Cícero
Head-to-head
Team news
Corinthians line-up (4-1-4-1)
Walter, Manoel, Carlos Augusto, Fagner, Gil, Gabriel, Mateus Vital, Júnior Urso, Everaldo, Pedrinho, Mauro Boselli
Botafogo line-up (4-3-3)
Roberto Fernández, Gabriel, Marcinho, Gil Guerreiro, Marcelo Benevenuto, Cícero, Gustavo Bochecha, Rickson, Diego Souza, Luiz Fernando, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna