Sport Recife 1-2 Botafogo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 11 October 2020

Result

Sport Recife 1-2 Botafogo

Serie A · Sunday 11 October 2020, 21:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

Sport Recife · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Sport Recife 1-2 Botafogo: match report

Sport Recife lost to Botafogo 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 11 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

K. Honda opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Sport Recife's goal came from Thiago Neves (56'). Botafogo scored through K. Honda (29') and Caio Alexandre (45+1').

Discipline: Sport Recife received 3 yellow cards; Botafogo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sport Recife were 9th on 20 points from 14 and Botafogo 13th on 15 points from 14. Sport Recife went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Botafogo 20th with 27.

Sport Recife lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kanu of Botafogo (8.1), ahead of Thiago Neves (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sport Recife wins, 1 draw and 3 for Botafogo.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · PatricSport Recife
  • 29'Goal · K. HondaBotafogo · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Rafael ForsterBotafogo
  • 45+1'Goal · Caio AlexandreBotafogo · 0-2
  • 53'Second yellow · Rafael ForsterBotafogo
  • 56'Goal · Thiago NevesSport Recife · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Thiago NevesSport Recife
  • 86'Yellow card · Marcelo BenevenutoBotafogo
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jonatan GómezSport Recife

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sport Recife 0, draws 1, Botafogo 3.

Team news

Sport Recife line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luan Polli, Patric, Adryelson, Chico, Luciano Juba, Ricardinho, Marcão, Leandro Barcia Montero, Thiago Neves, Marquinhos, Hernane

Botafogo line-up (4-3-3)

Diego Cavalieri, Kevin, Marcelo Benevenuto, Kanu, Victor Luís, Keisuke Honda, Rafael Forster, Caio Alexandre, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Pedro Raul, Rhuan