In a weekend match in week 20, on Sat Jul 30th, Botafogo will travel to São Paulo to battle Corinthians in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 2nd placed Corinthians is fresh off their 2-1 win against Atlético Mineiro. Keno scored the first goal for Atlético Mineiro in the 9th minute, but Fábio Santos got the equalizer for Corinthians in the 80th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 86th minute on a penalty goal by Fábio Santos to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Corinthians should be reasonably happy with their performance, while botafogo is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Athletico PR. Erison scored the first goal for Botafogo in the 19th minute, then J. Pereira dos Santos added another in the 54th minute In the end, Athletico PR couldn’t muster any offence and Botafogo ran away with the shutout win. Botafogo is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 10th of April, Corinthians took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Paulinho struck first for Corinthians in the 17th minute, then added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Róger Guedes.
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. For Corinthians, their top scorers are Róger Guedes and Fábio Santos, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.