Fortaleza 0-5 Botafogo: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 9 August 2025
Result
Fortaleza 0-5 Botafogo: match report
Fortaleza lost to Botafogo 0-5 in Serie A on Saturday 9 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.
Marçal opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Fortaleza did not score. Botafogo scored through Marçal (14'), Arthur Cabral (45+5'), Marçal (48'), David Ricardo (53') and Matheus Martins (90+3').
Discipline: Fortaleza received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Botafogo received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Fortaleza were 18th on 15 points from 17 and Botafogo 8th on 26 points from 16. Fortaleza went on to finish that season 18th with 43 points, and Botafogo 6th with 63.
Fortaleza 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 Marçal of Botafogo (9.4), ahead of Arthur Cabral (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fortaleza wins, 1 draw and 1 for Botafogo.
Going into the match Fortaleza's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Botafogo's L-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Red card · Gustavo Mancha
- 14'Goal · Marçal
- 16'Yellow card · Renato Paiva
- 45+5'Goal · Arthur Cabral
- 48'Goal · Marçal
- 53'Goal · David Ricardo
- 71'Yellow card · Adam Bareiro
- 75'Yellow card · Benjamín Kuscevic
- 75'Yellow card
- 90+3'Goal · Matheus Martins
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fortaleza line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vinícius, Tinga, Benjamín Kuscevic, Gustavo Mancha, Weverson, Lucas Sasha, Matheus Pereira, José Herrera, Lucca Prior, Breno Lopes, Deyverson
Botafogo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Léo Linck, Vitinho, Marçal, David Ricardo, Alex Telles, Newton, Danilo, Artur, Jefferson Savarino, Álvaro Montoro, Arthur Cabral