Botafogo — Vasco da Gama 1:2, 7 October: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 29 Wednesday 7 October · 23:30 UTC

Botafogo 13th · 35 pts LWDLL

1 : 2 1st half 0:1

Vasco da Gama 14th · 35 pts WLDWW

Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos · referee B. Arleu

Match predictionValue

No show from Vasco da Gama: under three

88% · Vasco da Gama games average 2.7 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Vasco da Gama: under three”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

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

Botafogo 52% draw 21% Vasco da Gama 27%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Botafogo win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Botafogo win — they got it wrong.

fans 61 votes

Botafogo 65% draw 11% Vasco da Gama 24%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Lescano assist: Bruno Duarte 0-1 28'

David for Bruno Duarte 42'

David assist: F. Colidio 0-2 51'

Junior Santos for C. Medina 57'

Alex Telles 1-2 60'

Adson for M. Hinestroza 65'

Tche Tche for A. Lescano 65'

Kauan Toledo for Matheus Martins 69'

K. Barria for H. Ziyech 80'

M. Ponte for Vitinho 80'

Tiquinho Soares for Arthur Cabral 80'

Tite 85'

N. Moreira for F. Colidio 88'

J. Rodriguez for Paulo Henrique 88'

N. Ferraresi 90+7'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Botafogo 4-2-3-1 · Tite 4-1-4-1 · Pedro Emanuel Vasco da Gama

Alex Telles  
Arthur Cabral  3 Arthur Chaves  6 C. Medina  8 Danilo Santos  
Gabriel Batista  22 H. Ziyech  
Huguinho  11 Matheus Martins  5 N. Ferraresi  
Vitinho  

Thiago Mendes  
M. Hinestroza  96 Paulo Henrique  30 Robert Renan  5 S. Sosa  
Leo Jardim  
A. Saldivia  19 Bruno Duarte  66 Cuiabano  9 F. Colidio  
A. Lescano  

Botafogo bench

25Allan
91D. Andrade
90Danilo Pereira
7Junior Santos
37K. Barria
59Kauan Toledo
33L. Monzon
4M. Ponte
21Marcal
29Paulinho
9Tiquinho Soares
17Warleson

Vasco da Gama bench

28Adson
77C. Spinelli
13Daniel Fuzato
7David
55Gabriel Pereira
2J. Rodriguez
8Jair
43Lucas Freitas
6Lucas Piton
17N. Moreira
83Ramon Rique
3Tche Tche

Match stats

8 metrics for the full match

45%Possession55%

87Attacks94

39Dangerous attacks53

7Corners14

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Botafogo

Vasco da GamaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Botafogo and Vasco da Gama met on matchday 29 of the Serie A on 7 October at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos. Final score — 1:2.

Botafogo sit 13th on 35 points after 32 matches (10 wins, 9 draws, 13 losses), 5 matches without conceding. Vasco da Gama sit 14th on 35 points after 31 matches (10 wins, 8 draws, 13 losses), 4 matches without conceding.

Of the last 3 meetings Botafogo won 3, Vasco da Gama won 0. Aggregate score — 7:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Botafogo last five Vasco da Gama

LWDLL form WLDWW

32 Matches 31

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

44 — 51 Scored — conceded 39 — 45

1.22 Points per game 1.23

1.38 Goals scored per game 1.26

5 Clean sheets 4

8 Failed to score 10

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Botafogo at home: 16 matches, 6 wins, 6 draws, 4 losses, goals 26—22, 1.5 points per match.

Vasco da Gama away: 15 matches, 2 wins, 5 draws, 8 losses, goals 15—25, 0.73 points per match.

Head-to-head

3 matches in our database

3 Botafogo wins 0 draws 0 Vasco da Gama wins goals 7:1 Botafogo — Vasco da Gama

05/04/2026	Vasco da Gama — Botafogo	1:2	Serie A
05/11/2025	Botafogo — Vasco da Gama	3:0	Serie A
12/07/2025	Vasco da Gama — Botafogo	0:2	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	RB Bragantino	31	11	8	12	39—36	41
11	Botafogo	31	10	9	12	44—48	39
12	Coritiba	31	10	9	12	38—49	39
13	Vasco da Gama	31	10	8	13	39—45	38
14	Vitória	32	10	8	14	35—46	38
15	Mirassol	32	9	10	13	37—45	37

Full Serie A table