Vila Nova vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on September 28th, 2024

Vila Nova and Botafogo SP will play on Saturday, September 28th, 2024, at 20:00h (UTC), in a Serie B game to be held in Brazil, check the Vila Nova vs Botafogo SP betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Vila Nova vs Botafogo SP will occur

The game takes place in the mythical Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga stadium, in the city of Goiânia, with a capacity for 50049 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Vila Nova 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 2.13 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Vila Nova last match

Vila Nova is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Ceará in a match valid for Serie B, and the match ended 4-0. The eleven coached by L. de Souza Lopes played in a 4-3-3 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 5.75 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Éric Davis leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

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 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the CRB team with a final score of 0-0.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.00.

Vila Nova vs Botafogo SP h2h

Vila Nova occupied 11th place when they went against Botafogo SP, who was in 17th place, in their last match at Serie B. Vila Nova first went in with a 4-4-2 formation, which was engaged by Botafogo SP with a 5-4-1 deployment.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 16-06-2024, in a match of the 2024 season of the Serie B, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Botafogo SP.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Vila Nova team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Botafogo SP has been more irregular.

Vila Nova

Serie B leaderboard now

Considering the home team Vila Nova, standing in 5th place with 45 points in the Serie B competition in Brazil. Their performance statistics have been such as 13 wins, 9 losses and, 6 draws.

In the 29th round, the team has an advantage of 1 point against the América Mineiro team, which is ranked just below in position 6. It also has 1 point less than Mirassol team that is in the 4th place.

Vila Nova analysis

At the end of round 28 of Serie B, Vila Nova collected 33 goals scored and 36 goals conceded.

The Vila Nova team comes from a defeat in the Serie B, and its coach Luiz Junior de Souza Lopes wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Vila Nova has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 3.75 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 11 wins, 0 losses and, 3 draws compared to the 2 games they won as the visiting team.

Vila Nova has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 33 times with 2589 attacks, while Botafogo SP has only scored 24 times with 2284 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Vila Nova

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Alesson. With 6 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Vila Nova team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 2 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 31 points, and in 15th place in the Serie B, having won 7 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 10 draws.

In the 29th round, the team holds the same amount of points that the Chapecoense which is just above, in the 14th place.

Botafogo SP analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Botafogo SP, which after 28 rounds has conceded 35 but has only scored 24.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.89 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from Botafogo SP

In this season, the individual highlight is A. de Jesus Jeruzalem Júnior that has dominated the offensive side. The Defender has already scored 4 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Botafogo SP achieved in several matches.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Vila Nova is Alesson, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Botafogo SP is A. de Jesus Jeruzalem Júnior, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Taking into consideration that Botafogo SP 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 1.62.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.01 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Vila Nova has an average of 2.7 yellow cards per game over the 28 rounds, while Botafogo SP has an average of 2.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.71 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 Vila Nova who only saw the red card once. 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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