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Serie A · 2026Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos

Botafogo vs São Paulo · Serie A

vsPre-match analysis

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored
1.451.17
Expected goals
1.291.27
Shots
14.414
Possession
47.6%53.9%

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What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: sao Paulo's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Sao Paulo's recent record differs from the season

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Sao Paulo's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.17 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 for0.8 goals/match1.17 goals/match1.33 goals/match

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

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Botafogo favored in 2 of 13 directional metrics · São Paulo in 7 · 4 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Botafogo29 matchesSão Paulo29 matches
1.45 goals/match ▲Goals scored29/291.17 goals/match
1.66 goals/matchGoals allowed29/29▲ 1.17 goals/match
1.29 xG/matchExpected goals26/251.27 xG/match
14.4 shots/matchShots29/2914 shots/match
5.1 shots/match ▲Shots on target29/294.31 shots/match
47.6%Possession29/29● 53.9%
4.66 corners/matchCorners29/29● 7.03 corners/match
3.14 cards/matchCards7/51.6 cards/match
13.4 fouls/matchFouls29/2914.4 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Botafogo
3Draws
1São Paulo
São Paulo — Botafogo · Serie A1–1
São Paulo — Botafogo · Serie A1–0
Botafogo — São Paulo · Serie A2–2
Botafogo — São Paulo · Serie A2–1
São Paulo — Botafogo · Serie A2–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples29 / 29home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness43 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 22 Nov 2026, 21:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Serie A

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsBotafogoSão Paulo
CompetitionSerie A
Head-to-headBotafogo — São Paulo
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