Botafogo and Palmeiras will face each other this Monday, at 8 pm (Brasilia time), for the 29th round of the Brazilian Championship. The match will take place at the Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.
Botafogo enters the field in 10th place and can finish the round, at most, in ninth, taking the place of Fortaleza, which equaled the 37 points of the Cariocas and surpassed them after beating Goiás on Saturday. Palmeiras, with 60, is the isolated leader and now has Inter in the rearview mirror, who became the runner-up after beating Santos in the round and reaching 53.
Luís Castro does not have Víctor Cuesta and Marçal, suspended, Botafogo will not have the left side available. Thus, in the defense, Philipe Sampaio or Kanu can enter the field. On the side, Hugo is the natural substitute. Eduardo, who was suspended in the last match, returns to the team. Lucas Fernandes remains low. Therefore, Gabriel Pires tends to remain as the starter.
On the side of Verdão, Weverton and Gustavo Gómez, who were absent against Galo due to the call-ups in Data Fifa, are again available, as are Danilo, Zé Rafael and Gabriel Menino, who were suspended. Abel Ferreira, who also hit a hook in the last round, is another novelty for the leader this Monday, at Nilton Santos. Murilo, with a virus, did not travel.
Botafogo has a bad record:
Botafogo’s team has not been doing well recently in clashes against Palmeiras, and has won only one of the last 10 duels, in addition to 2 draws and 7 defeats, and the last time they faced each other, Palmeiras won 4×0 in House.
Palmeiras is the best visitor of the Brasileirão:
The Palmeiras team is the leader of the Brazilian Championship, and one of the great pillars of this great campaign is the very favorable performance as a visitor, since it is the only unbeaten playing away from home, with 8 wins and 6 draws.
Both teams score: Looking at the retrospect of the last matches, it is possible to see that the teams have scored, regardless of the final result. Therefore, it can be imagined that both Palmeiras and Botafogo will score goals.
More than 2.5 goals: It should be noted that Botafogo plays at home, after a good streak. Palmeiras, on the other hand, seeks at all costs to establish themselves as champions of the dispute. Considering the good phase that the teams are going through, it is possible to imagine that both will seek the goal.
