Brazilian Serie A, Matchday 17, 18.07.2024 at 02:30 PM
The top match in the Brazilian Serie A is on the program! Botafogo welcome Palmeiras, the first team meets the second. Botafogo will be looking to defend top spot in the table, while Palmeiras can overtake them with a three-pointer. The teams are level on points.
Ten wins, three draws and three defeats and the goal difference is also identical, with only the club from Rio having scored more goals.
I expect only the three points to count in this prestigious duel and, as in so many of the recent games, a few goals will be scored. I’m sending a betting configurator combination of over 1.5 goals in total and at least one goal in the second half at Betano into the race
The direct duels between Botafogo and Palmeiras are often tough. Last season, the match in Rio ended in a high-scoring 3:4, with Palmeiras managing to turn the game around after trailing 3:0.
The current league leaders’ penultimate home game against the green-and-whites also ended without points for the hosts with a 3-1 loss. Adryelson’s red card in particular caused controversy, prompting Botafogo investor John Textor to demand the resignation of controversial league president Ednaldo Rodrigues. Will the trend of goals and drama continue when the teams meet in the Engenhão?
Betano is the leader in the over-goal market, over 2.5 goals bring 2.18 odds on the betting slip, lucrative! If at least four goals are scored, the stake is quadrupled. Personally, I want to minimize the risk and think the over 1.5 goals variant at 1.40 is great.
Above all, I’m expecting action in the second 45 minutes, as the top of the table is at stake and the offensives of both teams regularly show what they’re made of. Even without Palmeiras superstar Endrick, who has signed for Real Madrid, they will be busy scoring. It will also be interesting to see whether record signing Thiago Almada (Botafogo), as well as veteran Felipe Anderson and youngster Agustín Giay, will get a chance to play
I’m not convinced of a win or double chance bet. The teams have too many absentees in their ranks, especially due to injury. Neobet has high odds for all outcomes.
A 2.66 awaits Botafogo’s home win, a 2.68 for the visitors. Slightly higher is the 3.05 for a draw.
Palmeiras have won half of the last 34 matches, while Botafogo have prevailed nine times. 2.58 goals were scored on average by supporters
Although the home team has only won once in the last five matches, I’m leaning slightly more towards the double 1X chance. The situation is problematic in the visitors’ defense. The set Murilo is still missing in the chain.
The reserves must therefore provide stability. Palmeiras have only conceded twice in their last seven matches. In the last match, head coach Artur Jorge deployed Vitor Reis alongside captain Gustavo Gomez in a 4-2-3-1 system
What is the current form of the teams? Palmeiras are unbeaten in four games, with three wins against Corinthians (2-0), Bahia (2-0) and most recently a 3-1 victory over Atletico-GO. Fortaleza inflicted SE’s last defeat in a 3-0 loss at the end of June.
Striking: Twelve times in a row at least two goals were scored and each time a goal was scored in the second 45 minutes, which once again confirms my bet. Botafogo have also had more high-scoring games recently, seven out of eight with over 1.5 goals
The league leaders have gone five games without defeat, while Ciricuma are the only team to have beaten Botafogo in their last 15 competitive matches. It was also the only team to score a brace in that time.
Jose Manuel Lopez will also be looking to score against Botafogo. The center forward has scored two goals in the last three games. He has a goalscoring rate of 4.20 for the away game in Rio and also scored the 3:3 equalizer in the last encounter
In view of two strong offenses and two weakened defenses, the “Both teams to score” bet is not uninteresting in addition to the over-goal market, Neobet delivers 1.86 for this odds, the same is waiting for a goal in each round.
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But what kind of game can we expect? Previous matches have shown that both teams value attacking play. They are also struggling to keep a clean sheet. Botafogo have only managed two of their last eight games without conceding a goal.
When they’ve played in Rio, things have usually been heated, with only two games since 2010 in which fewer than two goals have been scored. It should be worth tuning in at the late/early hour for us…
Conclusion: In the battle for the top of the table, only the three points that the visitors from Sao Paulo in particular are aiming for will count. Palmeiras have also won two of their last two away games at the Engenhão.
Botafogo have only won one of their last six home games against SE. Absences on both sides make it difficult to predict the outcome of the game. Instead, I expect to see goal-scoring scenes in the second half at the latest.
Twelve times in a row, at least two goals have been scored in games involving the visitors, with the goal in the second half also a guarantee.
That’s why my tip is: Over 1.5 goals & over 0.5 second half
