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Serie A · 2025Governador Magalhães Pinto

Cruzeiro 2–2 Botafogo · Serie A

2–2Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Cruzeiro and Botafogo drew 2–2.

Shots
109
Shots on target
45
Possession
43%57%

Full time

What the match recorded

Cruzeiro and Botafogo drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Cruzeiro – Botafogo): shots 10–9, shots on target 4–5, possession 43%–57%, corners 1–7. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Botafogo's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Botafogo's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.46 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for2 goals/match1.46 goals/match1.16 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots10 shots9 shotsCruzeiro 10 shots, Botafogo 9 shots
  • Shots on target4 shots5 shotsCruzeiro 4 shots, Botafogo 5 shots
  • Possession43%57%Cruzeiro 43%, Botafogo 57%
  • Corners1 corner7 cornersCruzeiro 1 corner, Botafogo 7 corners
  • Fouls12 fouls15 foulsCruzeiro 12 fouls, Botafogo 15 fouls
  • Yellow cards2 cards2 cardsCruzeiro 2 cards, Botafogo 2 cards
  • Passes341 passes446 passesCruzeiro 341 passes, Botafogo 446 passes
  • Pass accuracy84%82%Cruzeiro 84%, Botafogo 82%
  • Shots inside box7 shots8 shotsCruzeiro 7 shots, Botafogo 8 shots
  • Blocked shots1 block0 blocksCruzeiro 1 block, Botafogo 0 blocks
  • Goalkeeper saves3 saves2 savesCruzeiro 3 saves, Botafogo 2 saves
  • Offsides1 offside1 offsideCruzeiro 1 offside, Botafogo 1 offside

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Cruzeiro
2Draws
0Botafogo
Botafogo — Cruzeiro · Serie A0–2
Botafogo — Cruzeiro · Serie A0–3
Cruzeiro — Botafogo · Serie A3–2
Botafogo — Cruzeiro · Serie A0–0
Cruzeiro — Botafogo · Serie A0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Cruzeiro favored in 3 of 11 directional metrics · Botafogo in 3 · 5 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Cruzeiro37 matchesBotafogo37 matches
1.49 goals/matchGoals scored37/371.46 goals/match
0.76 goals/match ▲Goals allowed37/370.97 goals/match
13.7 shots/matchShots37/3714.3 shots/match
4.89 shots/matchShots on target37/375 shots/match
47.9%Possession37/37● 51.2%
5.89 corners/match ●Corners37/374.92 corners/match
2.97 cards/matchCards37/372.46 cards/match
13.7 fouls/matchFouls37/3714.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples37 / 37home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Fri, 5 Dec 2025, 02:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Serie A

Goals per match rankingShots per match rankingShots on target per match ranking
TeamsCruzeiroBotafogo
CompetitionSerie ASerie A 2025
Head-to-headCruzeiro — Botafogo
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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