Fluminense 0-2 Botafogo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 8 October 2023

Result

Fluminense 0-2 Botafogo

Serie A · Sunday 8 October 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Fluminense · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Fluminense 0-2 Botafogo: match report

Fluminense lost to Botafogo 0-2 in Serie A on Sunday 8 October 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Júnior Santos opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Fluminense did not score. Botafogo scored through Júnior Santos (20') and Tiquinho Soares (22').

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

Going into the game Fluminense were 6th on 41 points from 25 and Botafogo 1st on 52 points from 25. Fluminense went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Botafogo 5th with 64.

Fluminense lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Botafogo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adryelson of Botafogo (8.1), level with Júnior Santos (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Júnior SantosBotafogo · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Tiquinho SoaresBotafogo · 0-2
  • 25'Yellow card · Tchê TchêBotafogo
  • 35'Yellow card · Marlon FreitasBotafogo
  • 38'Yellow card · KenoFluminense
  • 45+4'Yellow card · John KennedyFluminense
  • 87'Yellow card · F. DinizFluminense

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Fluminense 3, draws 2, Botafogo 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • JorgeFluminense · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Patrick de PaulaBotafogo · injury (Knee Injury)
  • RafaelBotafogo · injury (Knee Injury)

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

Fábio, Samuel Xavier, Nino, Marlon, Marcelo, André, Jhon Arias, Ganso, Keno, Germán Cano, John Kennedy

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

Lucas Perri, Leonel Di Plácido, Adryelson, Victor Cuesta, Marçal, Tchê Tchê, Marlon Freitas, Júnior Santos, Eduardo, Victor Sá, Tiquinho Soares