Botafogo — Grêmio 3:2, 16 September: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 21 Wednesday 16 September · 22:30 UTC

Botafogo 11th · 35 pts WDDLL

3 : 2 1st half 1:1

Grêmio 16th · 28 pts LLLWL

Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos · referee E. Batista

Match predictionValue

Goals, but not too many: one to four

84% · Margin of one goal or fewer in 2 of 3 meetings

Prediction missed. We predicted “Goals, but not too many: one to four”, and the match finished 3:2.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Botafogo 48% draw 26% Grêmio 26%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Botafogo win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed Botafogo win — they got it right.

fans 60 votes

Botafogo 62% draw 16% Grêmio 22%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

Danilo Santos assist: A. Montoro 1-0 30'

J. Cabral 1-1 36'

Danilo Pereira for Edenilson 46'

G. Justino for L. Monzon 46'

A. Montoro assist: Vitinho 2-1 52'

J. Enamorado for J. Cabral 60'

M. Braithwaite for F. Krovinovic 66'

Marcal for Junior Santos 73'

M. Villasanti 78'

Tete for C. Pavon 78'

Matheus Nascimento for E. Noriega 78'

Danilo Santos assist: A. Montoro 3-1 79'

Allan for A. Montoro 85'

Tiquinho Soares for Arthur Cabral 86'

Gustavo Martins assist: Tete 3-2 88'

Danilo Pereira 90+4'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Botafogo 4-2-3-1 · Franclim Carvalho 4-2-3-1 · Luiz Scolari Grêmio

Gabriel Batista  
Vitinho  3 Arthur Chaves  33 Lucas Monzón  13 Alex Telles  
Huguinho  8 Danilo Santos  
Júnior Santos  88 Edenilson  10 Álvaro Montoro  
Arthur Cabral  

Carlos Vinícius  
Cristian Pavón  10 Filip Krovinović  77 Jovane Cabral  
Erick Noriega  20 Mathias Villasanti  
Diego Caito  6 Gustavo Martins  82 Wallace  38 Caio Paulista  
Weverton  

Botafogo bench

25Allan
90Danilo Pereira
91Domingos Andrade
34Gabriel Justino
42Kadu Santos
59Kauan Toledo
79Lucas Emanuel
77Lucas Villalba
21Marçal
29Paulinho
9Tiquinho Soares
17Warleson

Grêmio bench

15Danilo Barbosa
12Gabriel Grando
31Gabriel Menegon
99José Enamorado
18João Pedro
5Juan Nardoni
14Marcos Rocha
22Martin Braithwaite
30Matheus Nascimento
11Tetê
3Wagner Leonardo
4Walter Kannemann

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

36%Possession64%

10Shots13

7Shots on target3

2Shots off target8

1Blocked shots2

6Shots inside box8

4Shots outside box5

91Attacks140

21Dangerous attacks37

3Corners3

0Offsides2

13Fouls11

1Yellow cards1

1Saves4

368Passes646

286Accurate passes571

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Botafogo

GrêmioThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Botafogo and Grêmio met on matchday 21 of the Serie A on 16 September at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos. Final score — 3:2.

Botafogo sit 11th on 35 points after 27 matches (9 wins, 8 draws, 10 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches, 4 matches without conceding. Grêmio sit 16th on 28 points after 27 matches (7 wins, 7 draws, 13 losses), winless in 3 matches, 5 matches without conceding.

Of the last 3 meetings Botafogo won 1, Grêmio won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 7:8.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Botafogo last five Grêmio

WDDLL form LLLWL

27 Matches 27

9 — 8 — 10 Wins — draws — defeats 7 — 7 — 13

41 — 43 Scored — conceded 30 — 38

1.3 Points per game 1.04

1.52 Goals scored per game 1.11

4 Clean sheets 5

6 Failed to score 9

unbeaten in 3 Current streak winless in 3

Botafogo at home: 14 matches, 5 wins, 6 draws, 3 losses, goals 24—20, 1.5 points per match.

Grêmio away: 14 matches, 0 wins, 4 draws, 10 losses, goals 8—22, 0.29 points per match.

Head-to-head

3 matches in our database

1 Botafogo win 1 draw 1 Grêmio win goals 7:8 Botafogo — Grêmio

05/02/2026	Grêmio — Botafogo	5:3	Serie A
22/11/2025	Botafogo — Grêmio	3:2	Serie A
24/09/2025	Grêmio — Botafogo	1:1	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Santos	26	9	8	9	39—39	35
11	Botafogo	27	9	8	10	41—43	35
12	São Paulo	26	9	6	11	31—30	33
…
15	Mirassol	27	7	8	12	31—42	29
16	Grêmio	26	7	7	12	28—35	28
17	Vasco da Gama	26	7	7	12	29—41	28

Full Serie A table

Botafogo — Grêmio, 16 September 2026, 22:30 UTC : score 3:2