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Round
Regular Season - 29
Venue
Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
Referee
Bruno Arleu de Araujo, Brazil
Form

Recent form

Botafogo
51Average

Last 5 matches · 2W-1D-2L · -1 goal difference

Vasco DA Gama
40Poor

Last 5 matches · 2W-1D-2L · -1 goal difference

Our call

Our verdict

Combo Bet
Botafogo or Draw + Under 2.5 Goals

BetGenius backs Botafogo or Draw + Under 2.5 Goals (Combo Bet) at 68% confidence — a solid call.

68%
Confidence
Solid
Preview

Match preview

Botafogo host Vasco DA Gama at the Estadio Nilton Santos in round 29 of the Brazilian Serie A, with four points separating the sides in the lower half of the standings. Botafogo enter the contest in 12th place on 35 points, seeking to solidify their position and bounce back from a 2-0 away loss at Mirassol.

Vasco DA Gama occupy 16th place with 31 points from 27 matches, hovering just two points above the relegation positions. While Vasco have generated positive momentum with recent home victories, their record away from home has been problematic throughout the campaign, having secured just one win from 13 road trips in the league.

Availability

Team news

Botafogo

  • J. BarreraAnkle Injury
  • Kaio PantaleaoKnee Injury
  • Arthur ChavesInactive
  • L. MonzonInactive

Vasco DA Gama

  • Mateus CarvalhoKnee Injury
  • Cauan BarrosInactive
  • C. CuestaInactive
Numbers

Statistical comparison

Botafogo at homeVasco DA Gama away
16
Played
15
6-6-4
W-D-L
2-5-8
1.6
Scored /game
1
1.4
Conceded /game
1.7
25%
Clean sheets
7%
19%
Failed to score
33%
60%
BTTS (last 5)
40%
40%
Over 2.5 (last 5)
40%

Combined scoring rate: 2.6 goals per game (Botafogo at home plus Vasco DA Gama away).

Players

Key players this season

Botafogo

  • Danilo Santos10G

League scoring and assist totals for this season — not a predicted lineup. Availability is only shown where team news names the same player.

Table

Table context

#TeamPGDPts
8SantosPromotion - Copa Sudamericana (Group Stage)31+245
9Sao PauloPromotion - Copa Sudamericana (Group Stage)31+142
10RB BragantinoPromotion - Copa Sudamericana (Group Stage)31+341
11BotafogoPromotion - Copa Sudamericana (Group Stage)31-439
12Coritiba31-1139
13Vitoria31-1137
14Mirassol31-836
15Vasco DA Gama30-735
16Corinthians31-733
17InternacionalRelegation - Serie B31-732
18GremioRelegation - Serie B31-1031
History

Head-to-head

4
Botafogo
3
Draws
3
Vasco DA Gama

Botafogo have won 4 of the last 10 meetings, averaging 2.6 goals a game, only 40% went over 2.5.

  • 2026-04-05Vasco DA Gama1-2Botafogo
  • 2026-02-08Vasco DA Gama2-0Botafogo
  • 2025-11-05Botafogo3-0Vasco DA Gama
  • 2025-09-12Botafogo1-1Vasco DA Gama
  • 2025-08-28Vasco DA Gama1-1Botafogo
BetGenius

Our record in Serie A

62%95 won from 153 settled predictions

Settled results only — every published pick is recorded win or lose. Full track record →

Based on at least 20 settled predictions.
Predictions

4 published markets

Combo BetLOST
Combo Bet
Botafogo or Draw + Under 2.5 Goals
68%
Both must land · no better than

Botafogo or Draw — 75% confidence

Vasco DA Gama have struggled on their travels across the league campaign, managing only one victory from 13 away fixtures alongside five draws and seven defeats. Botafogo have remained competitive on home soil, losing only three of their 14 league matches while posting five wins and six draws. Botafogo also won the reverse fixture 2-1 away from home in April, highlighting their ability to take points from this matchup.

Under 2.5 Goals — 68% confidence

Six of the past ten head-to-head meetings between these sides have produced under 2.5 goals. Vasco average only 1.0 goal scored per away match in the league, having failed to score in four road outings. Botafogo have also experienced tight scorelines at home in recent weeks, including a 0-0 draw against Palmeiras and a 1-1 draw against RB Bragantino.

These two calls are about different parts of the match (double chance and total goals), so neither one determines the other. The figure shown is the lower of the two — a combo can never be more likely than its weaker leg.

Combo BetLOST
Total Goals
Under 2.5 Goals
68%
Confidence

Six of the past ten head-to-head meetings between these sides have produced under 2.5 goals. Vasco average only 1.0 goal scored per away match in the league, having failed to score in four road outings. Botafogo have also experienced tight scorelines at home in recent weeks, including a 0-0 draw against Palmeiras and a 1-1 draw against RB Bragantino.

Combo BetLOST
Double Chance
Botafogo or Draw
75%
Confidence

Vasco DA Gama have struggled on their travels across the league campaign, managing only one victory from 13 away fixtures alongside five draws and seven defeats. Botafogo have remained competitive on home soil, losing only three of their 14 league matches while posting five wins and six draws. Botafogo also won the reverse fixture 2-1 away from home in April, highlighting their ability to take points from this matchup.

GoalsWON
Total Goals
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
Confidence

Over 1.5 goals is well supported by both teams' season-long profiles and recent direct clashes. Botafogo's home fixtures average 3.1 total goals per match, with the hosts scoring 24 times and conceding 20 in 14 outings. Vasco DA Gama have managed only one away clean sheet in 13 league games this season while shipping 1.8 goals per match on their travels. Head-to-head history heavily reinforces this floor, as nine of the last ten meetings between the sides produced at least two goals. Over 2.5 goals is less dependable because only 40 percent of those ten meetings cleared the three-goal mark, and Botafogo have failed to score in two of their last five league games. The data points solidly to a two-goal threshold without demanding an overstretched goal total.

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Published October 6, 2026. Form, team news and table context refresh automatically.