Week 25 brings us a match on Sep 4th where Fortaleza hosts Botafogo at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Fortaleza is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against São Paulo. Juninho Capixaba scored the first goal for Fortaleza in the 32nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed São Paulo couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Fortaleza should be reasonably happy with their performance, while botafogo is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Flamengo. Arturo Vidal struck first for Flamengo in the 58th minute on a feed from Pedro, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Botafogo couldn’t muster any offence and Flamengo ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Botafogo won by a score of 3 to 1. Moises struck first for Fortaleza in the 14th minute, then Erison got the equalizer for Botafogo in the 42nd minute on a feed from Víctor Cuesta Finally they completed the comback victory in the 89th minute on a goal by P. de Paula Carreiro to cap off a wild match.
Víctor Cuesta and Gabriel Pires are the top scorers for Botafogo in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Fortaleza’s top weapon lately has been Moises, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.