Ituano vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on July 07th, 2024

Ituano and Botafogo SP are scheduled to play against each other on July 07th, 2024, Sunday at 19:00h (UTC), in a Serie B match to be held in Brazil, check the Ituano vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ituano vs Botafogo SP will occur

The game will be played in the small Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior stadium, in the city of Itu, with a capacity for 18560 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Ituano vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie B 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 2.17 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Ituano last match

Ituano is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Ceará in a match valid for Serie B, and the match ended 4-2. The eleven coached by A. Valentim do Carmo Neto played in a 4-4-2 formation.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 7.50 were a sign of it.

The defense suffered the assaults of the rival team by coming out significantly downsized in the duels on the field. The worst in the department is Léo Oliveira, constantly struggling in the face of the incursions of the opposing attackers. The performance of the entire team suffers from its lapses in concentration.

Botafogo SP last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie B, Botafogo SP, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Sport Recife team with a final score of 1-1.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.00.

Ituano vs Botafogo SP h2h

The last time these teams met was in a Paulista A1 themed match that took place on the 04-02-2024 during the 2024 football season, it ended in a 0-0 draw, a competitive one it was.

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

The Botafogo SP team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Ituano its counterpart.

Ituano

Serie B leaderboard now

With 8 points won, Ituano is in 19th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 9 losses, plus 2 draws.

This means that in the 14th round the team has an advantage of 2 points in relation to the Guarani team that is in the 20th place.

Ituano analysis

Ituano have a negative goal difference, having after 13 rounds conceded 30 goals to opponents and scored 16. An average to improve.

Ituano is going through a rough patch in their form, having lost their last 3 matches and drawing the other 2. They need to regroup and find a way to get back to winning ways if they want to stay competitive in the league.

The average ball possession of Ituano in this league is 45.77%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Botafogo SP they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

While Botafogo SP has only managed to convert 9 of their 1042 attacks into goals, Ituano has been much more successful with 1106 attacks and 16 goals.

Best goalscorer from Ituano

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Vinícius dos Santos de Oliveira Paiva. Ituano owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 5 goals in this season.

Botafogo SP

Serie B leaderboard now

Botafogo SP arrives in this game with 17 points, and in 12th place in the Serie B, having won 4 games in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Which means that in the 14th round, the team has, over Ponte Preta team who is in the position 13, 1 point in advantage.

Botafogo SP analysis

After 13 rounds, Botafogo SP has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 11 goals so far and scored 9 times.

Recent games have demonstrated that Botafogo SP is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

Botafogo SP average number of shots on goal is 3.92 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

The team's scoring ability is not brilliant: in this league it is 0.75 goals per game on average, and this may be an indicator on the chances of winning the next match, which the team will also play away from home.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Under 2.5 goals are a valid alternative, considering that often Botafogo SP does not concede goals playing away from home. Besides, Botafogo SP has an average of 0.8 goals per game when playing as a visitor.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.5.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 4.3 corners.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.69 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 Botafogo SP side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 time this season, very different from Ituano who only saw the red card 3 times. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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