Botafogo SP 2–1 America Mineiro
Botafogo SP
2–1HT 0–0
America Mineiro
Botafogo SP played America Mineiro in the Serie B on 8 August 2026 at Estadio Santa Cruz. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 55'F. Elizari
- 61'Hebert (assist by Rafael Gava)
- 70'Filipe Dahora (OG)
- 78'Jefferson Nem — Yellow card
- 79'Rodrigo Piñeiro — Yellow card
- 85'Eduardo Person — Yellow card
Line-ups
Botafogo SP 4-2-3-1
- Victor Souza
- Gabriel Inocencio
- Ericson
- Wallace
- Patrick Brey
- Matheus Sales
- Everton Morelli
- Ze Hugo
- Rafael Gava
- Wesley Santos
- Hygor
- SUBSTITUTES
- Jordan
- Arthur Caike
- Guilherme Queiroz
- Leandro Maciel
- Jefferson Nem
- Kelvin
- Marco Antonio
- Yuri Felipe
- Felipe Vieira
- Thiago Moraes
- Hebert
- Pedro Henrique
- COACHES: Tencati Claudio
America Mineiro 4-1-4-1
- Gustavo
- Filipe Dahora
- Manoel
- L. Sosa
- Dalbert
- Felipe Amaral
- Guilherme Parede
- Yago Souza
- F. Elizari
- Paulo Victor
- Gabriel Barros
- SUBSTITUTES
- Bruno Brigido
- Willian Bigode
- Ricardo Silva
- Gonzalo Mastriani
- T. Ostchega
- Eduardo Person
- R. Pineiro
- Jorge Jimenez
- Rafa Barcelos
- G. Italo
- COACHES: Louzer Umberto
Match statistics
| Botafogo SP | America Mineiro | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 14 | Total shots | 8 |
| 6 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 11 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 16 | Fouls | 21 |
| 4 | Corners | 9 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 301 | Total passes | 367 |
| 227 | Accurate passes | 286 |
| 75% | Pass accuracy | 78% |
| 1.16 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.69 |
| -1.21 | goals_prevented | -1.21 |