Botafogo vs Fortaleza betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on August 31st, 2024

Botafogo and Fortaleza will meet each other in a football match counting for Serie A on August 31st, 2024, Saturday at 00:00h (UTC), in Brazil, check the Botafogo vs Fortaleza betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Botafogo vs Fortaleza will occur

The game takes place in the well-known Estádio Nilton Santos stadium, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with a capacity for 46000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Botafogo vs Fortaleza betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie A has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.41 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.49 goals per game of the last championship.

Botafogo last match

Botafogo comes from a draw recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Bahia, in a match valid for Serie A, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 0-0. On the field, Artur Jorge's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.50.

Amid a performance below the average of Botafogo, one of the few athletes that achieved distinction was Igor Jesus. With a good appearance and a few great passes, his performance was important so that the team did not come out defeated.

Fortaleza last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie A, Fortaleza, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Corinthians team with a final score of 1-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.00, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Botafogo vs Fortaleza h2h

Fortaleza was in 12th place in the Serie A while Botafogo was in 5th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Fortaleza team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Botafogo used in the match.

The last time these teams played against each other during the 2024 season in a Serie A themed match was a hard-fought battle as it ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The performance of the Fortaleza team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Botafogo team.

Botafogo

Serie A leaderboard now

The Botafogo team with 47 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the CONMEBOL Libertadores, with a campaign of 14 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 1 point over Fortaleza team who holds the 1st place in the 25th round.

Botafogo analysis

At the end of round 24 Botafogo has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 41 goals to its credit against 24 conceded.

While having won 6 games playing away from home, this team knows how to take advantage of their home court with 8 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.

Botafogo has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 41 times with 2369 attacks, while Fortaleza has only scored 30 times with 2081 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Botafogo

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Luis Eduardo Soares da Silva. Botafogo owes some of their triumphs to the Defender who scored 4 goals in this season.

Fortaleza

Serie A leaderboard now

The Fortaleza team with 48 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the CONMEBOL Libertadores, with a campaign of 14 wins, 6 draws, and 3 losses.

Fortaleza analysis

Currently, in the Serie A, Fortaleza sums 30 goals for and a total of 20 goals against, after 24 rounds played.

With a sequence of 5 wins in the Serie A, Fortaleza is in that excellent moment of being the favorite.

Fortaleza is always a candidate for the title, the first position it occupies in the Serie A proves that.

Fortaleza is hopeful in getting good results in this game coming in with 5 wins in the Serie A. This is despite the fact that Fortaleza is playing as visiting team and have had a record of losses 3 times in 10 games they were the visiting team.

Best goalscorer from Fortaleza

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Juan Martin Lucero is the player to highlight. Helping Fortaleza with 8 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Botafogo is Luis Eduardo Soares da Silva, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Fortaleza is Juan Martin Lucero, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Taking into consideration that Fortaleza scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.7.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.14 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Botafogo has an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game over the 24 rounds, while Fortaleza has an average of 2.4. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.5 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Fortaleza side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 5 time this season, very different from Botafogo who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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