Bragantino will travel with confidence from their positive form in recent weeks, but the hosts have been relentless so far this season and have not let up since the change in management.
We anticipate Fogo again coming out on top on home turf, having shone at both ends of the pitch this year.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Botafogo win with a probability of 60.78%. A draw had a probability of 22.6% and a win for Bragantino had a probability of 16.58%.
The most likely scoreline for a Botafogo win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.81%) and 2-1 (9.68%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.71%), while for a Bragantino win it was 0-1 (5.94%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Botafogo in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Botafogo.