Botafogo 3–2 Gremio
Botafogo
3–2HT 1–1
Gremio
Botafogo played Gremio in the Serie A on 16 September 2026 at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos. The match finished 3–2.
Goals and cards
- 30'Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira (assist by Álvaro Montoro)
- 36'Jovane Cabral
- 52'Álvaro Montoro (assist by Vitinho)
- 78'Erick Noriega — Yellow card
- 79'Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira (assist by Álvaro Montoro)
- 88'Gustavo Martins (assist by Tetê)
- 90+4'Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira — Yellow card
Line-ups
Botafogo 4-2-3-1
- Gabriel Batista
- Vitinho
- Arthur Chaves
- L. Monzon
- Alex Telles
- Huguinho
- Danilo Santos
- Junior Santos
- Edenilson
- A. Montoro
- Arthur Cabral
- SUBSTITUTES
- Warleson
- Paulinho
- Marcal
- Kadu Santos
- Allan
- D. Andrade
- G. Justino
- Kauan Toledo
- Tiquinho Soares
- Danilo Pereira
- L. M. Villalba Jaume
- L. E. Jales do Nascimento
- COACHES: Franclim Carvalho
Gremio 4-2-3-1
- Weverton
- Diego Caito
- Gustavo Martins
- Wallace
- Caio Paulista
- E. Noriega
- M. Villasanti
- C. Pavon
- F. Krovinovic
- J. Cabral
- Carlos Vinicius
- SUBSTITUTES
- Gabriel Grando
- G. Menegon
- Marcos Rocha
- Joao Pedro
- Walter Kannemann
- Wagner Leonardo
- J. Nardoni
- Danilo Barbosa
- M. Braithwaite
- J. Enamorado
- Tete
- Matheus Nascimento
- COACHES: Luiz Scolari
Match statistics
| Botafogo | Gremio | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 2 | Shots off goal | 8 |
| 10 | Total shots | 13 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 6 | Shots inside box | 8 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 3 | Corners | 3 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 36% | Possession | 64% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 368 | Total passes | 646 |
| 286 | Accurate passes | 571 |
| 78% | Pass accuracy | 88% |
| 0.89 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.57 |
| -2.03 | goals_prevented | -2.03 |