Botafogo vs Vitoria

Botafogo face Vitoria in the Serie A on Thursday 23 July 2026, kick-off 22:30 UTC at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro.

Botafogo are 12th with 42 points from 34 games, while Vitoria are 15th with 38. That leaves Botafogo 4 points ahead.

At home this season Botafogo average 1.6 goals scored and 1.3 conceded per game; on the road Vitoria average 0.7 scored and 2.1 conceded. Botafogo have kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times; Vitoria have 11 clean sheets and 11 blanks.

Botafogo have scored 4 and conceded 6 in their last 5 matches, with 2 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Vitoria have scored 3 and conceded 9 in their last 5 matches, with 2 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3.

Botafogo come into this fixture with a recent record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, while Vitoria have 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats in the same window. Botafogo currently sit 12th on 42 points, with Vitoria placed 15th on 38 points. Across the last 4 head-to-head meetings, 3 goals have been scored and both teams found the net in 1 of them. The model rates the two sides evenly matched, backing the draw. The Draw selection (Draw) is assigned a 88% probability at odds of 1.14.

• Botafogo have the better recent form (7 pts vs 2 pts from the last 5 matches).
• Botafogo have scored 46 goals this season compared with 35 for Vitoria.
• Defensively, Botafogo have conceded 53 and Vitoria have conceded 51.
• League positions: Botafogo 12th, Vitoria 15th.
• Botafogo have won 7 of 17 home matches in this competition.
• Vitoria have won 0 of 17 away matches in this competition.

• Botafogo at home: 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 17 games.
• Vitoria away from home: 0 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats from 17 games.
• Botafogo have taken 7 points from their last 5 matches.
• Vitoria have taken 2 points from their last 5 matches.

In the last 4 meetings, Botafogo have won 0, Vitoria have won 1 and 3 ended level. The most recent, on 16 August 2026, finished Vitoria 1-0 Botafogo.