Sport Recife vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on October 20th, 2024

Sport Recife and Botafogo SP will play on Sunday, October 20th, 2024, at 22:30h (UTC), in a Serie B game to be held in Brazil, check the Sport Recife vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sport Recife vs Botafogo SP will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho stadium, in the city of Recife, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Sport Recife 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 2.15 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Sport Recife last match

In the last match they played, Sport Recife collected a defeat. The opposing team was Operário PR, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-2 - was valid for Serie B. Coach P. Marques da Costa Filipe's disposed his team in a 4-1-3-2 formation.

The odds of 7.00 show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

The defense certainly did not shine in this match. One of those responsible for the crisis of the defensive department is Igor Cariús, cumbersome and unpunctual, constantly behind the opponents. The team's overall underwhelming performance was also due to his disappointing performance.

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 3-4-3 formation, faced the Operário PR team with a final score of 0-0.

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 2.75.

Sport Recife vs Botafogo SP h2h

The last time these teams faced off against each other in Serie B, Sport Recife was in 6th place while Botafogo SP was in the 12th place. Sport Recife opened with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Botafogo SP charged with a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The last time these teams met was for a Serie B match, on 29-06-2024, referring to the 2024 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 1-1 draw.

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

The Sport Recife team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Botafogo SP team, which won only 1 game.

Sport Recife

Serie B leaderboard now

The Sport Recife team with 53 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 15 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses.

In the 32nd round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point compared to Novorizontino which is just above, in 2nd place.

Sport Recife analysis

After 31 rounds, Sport Recife has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 41 goals for and 30 conceded.

The Sport Recife team comes from a defeat in the Serie B, and its coach Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

With an average of 3.87 shots on goal per match, Sport Recife certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

Teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents. With this in mind, the Sport Recife team tries to achieve an average ball possession of 55.39% to control the game.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 6 games as the visiting team, compared to their record of 9 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws playing in their home base.

Sport Recife is a more offensive team than Botafogo SP, having 3109 attacks vs. 2694 from Botafogo SP, having scored 41 times. In comparison, Botafogo SP converted into goal 28 times.

Best goalscorer from Sport Recife

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Zé Roberto. The Attacker has already scored 7 times this season and has helped Sport Recife come away with the positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Botafogo SP

Serie B leaderboard now

Botafogo SP arrives in this game with 36 points, and in 15th place in the Serie B, having won 8 games in total and lost 11 times, making a total of 12 draws.

In the 32nd round, the team holds the same amount of points that the Paysandu which is just above, in the 14th place.

Botafogo SP analysis

Currently, in the Serie B, Botafogo SP sums 28 goals for and a total of 39 goals against, after 31 rounds played.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 0.9 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Botafogo SP

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack A. de Jesus Jeruzalem Júnior has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Botafogo SP with 5 goals this season, the Defender has been a key player in winning triumphs.

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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 Sport Recife is Zé Roberto, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Botafogo SP is A. de Jesus Jeruzalem Júnior, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Taking into consideration that Botafogo SP scores an average of 0.93 goals 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 1.75.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.58 corners per game.

Sport Recife is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sport Recife in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 6.52 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 6 time this season, very different from Sport Recife who only saw the red card 5 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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