On Sat Aug 6th, in week 21, Ceará and Botafogo will play a match in Rio de Janeiro in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Botafogo recorded a 0-1 loss against Corinthians. Gustavo Silva scored the first goal for Corinthians in the 27th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Botafogo was frustrated by Corinthians’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Corinthians ended the match with the shutout victory. Botafogo is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while ceará is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Palmeiras. Dudu scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 31st minute, then added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa. Ceará is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Botafogo and Ceará last played eachother at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo on the 17th of April. Botafogo took the match by a score of 3 to 1. João Victor scored the first goal for Botafogo in the 17th minute, then Vinicius Lima tied it up for Ceará in the 43rd minute.
Goes Barbosa de Souza has been the most prolific scorer on Ceará in the last five matches with three goals. Botafogo hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are J. Pereira dos Santos and Erison, and they each have 1 goal.