Palmeiras 2-0 Botafogo: result and report

Palmeiras 2-0 Botafogo

Serie A · Thursday 23 August 2018, 00:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Palmeiras · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Palmeiras beat Botafogo 2-0 in Serie A on Thursday 23 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lucas Lima opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Palmeiras's goals came from Lucas Lima (78') and Lucas Lima (87'). Botafogo did not score.

Discipline: Palmeiras received 2 yellow cards; Botafogo received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Palmeiras were 5th on 33 points from 19 and Botafogo 12th on 22 points from 19. Palmeiras went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Botafogo 9th with 51.

Palmeiras lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Botafogo in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Lima of Palmeiras (8.5), ahead of Weverton (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Palmeiras wins, 1 draw and 0 for Botafogo.

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