São Paulo 3-1 Botafogo: result and report

São Paulo 3-1 Botafogo

Serie A · Thursday 6 August 2009, 00:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

São Paulo · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

São Paulo defeated Botafogo 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday 6 August 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Lúcio Flávio opened the scoring in the 20th minute. São Paulo's goals came from Jorge Wágner (36', penalty), Washington (45') and Dagoberto (71'). Botafogo scored through Lúcio Flávio (20').

Discipline: São Paulo received 2 yellow cards; Botafogo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game São Paulo were 8th on 24 points from 16 and Botafogo 13th on 19 points from 15. São Paulo went on to finish that season 3rd with 65 points, and Botafogo 15th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 São Paulo wins, 3 draws and 0 for Botafogo.

Going into the match São Paulo's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Botafogo's W-D-W-D-D.