On the 30th of June, América Mineiro will host Botafogo at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in a Copa do Brasil match. América Mineiro is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Flamengo. Barbosa Almeida struck first for Flamengo in the 41st minute on a feed from Pedro, then Giorgian Daniel De Arrascaeta Benedetti added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Everton Augusto de Barros Ribeiro In the end, América Mineiro 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, while in their last match, Botafogo recorded a 0-1 loss against Fluminense. Manoel struck first for Fluminense in the 82nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Botafogo couldn’t muster any offence and Fluminense ran away with the shutout win. Botafogo is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Kayque and Hugo Goncalves Ferreira Neto 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.