Before the match

Botafogo: one win, one draw and three defeats over five games; four goals scored, eight conceded. Clube do Remo were their latest opponents, away on 29 October: a 2-1 defeat.

On 29 October, Clube do Remo faced Botafogo in Brasileirão Série A: Botafogo lost 1-2 away from home, having scored one and conceded two. Brasileirão Série A, 24 October brought an away meeting with Internacional; Botafogo lost 0-3, a return of zero goals scored and three conceded. Botafogo hosted Chapecoense on 17 October (Brasileirão Série A) and won 1-0; their goals totalled one, compared with zero conceded. Coritiba hosted Botafogo (Brasileirão Série A) on 12 October. For Botafogo, the score was 1-1: one goal scored, one allowed. 1-2 was Botafogo's result against Vasco da Gama on 7 October (Brasileirão Série A), playing at home; Botafogo lost, with one scored to two conceded.

Before kickoff, Brasileirão Série A's results-based standings placed Botafogo 14th after 33 matches and 39 points.

six goals for and six against accompanied Mineiro's two wins and three defeats across five outings. On 29 October, Mineiro recorded a 1-0 defeat hosting Cruzeiro; their biggest win in that spell was 3-0 at home to Atletico Torque on 14 October.

Cruzeiro travelled to face Mineiro (Brasileirão Série A) on 29 October. For Mineiro, the score was 0-1: zero goals scored, one allowed. 2-3 was Mineiro's result against Flamengo on 26 October (Brasileirão Série A), playing away from home; Mineiro lost, with two scored to three conceded. The 21 October fixture (Copa Sudamericana) paired Mineiro with Atletico Torque. Mineiro lost 0-2 away from home, netting zero goals while conceding two. Playing at home against Coritiba (Brasileirão Série A), Mineiro finished 1-0 on 17 October. Their score comprised one goal, against zero from the opposition. 14 October: Mineiro won 3-0 against Atletico Torque at home in Copa Sudamericana, scoring three goals and allowing zero.

Mineiro stood 7th in the results-based Brasileirão Série A table before kickoff, with 50 points from 33 matches.

The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 1-1 draw at Mineiro on 10 May and a 3-1 away win for Botafogo on 30 November 2024.

After the match

Edenilson opened the scoring in the 19th minute for Botafogo, set up by Vitinho, to make it 1-0. Cristian Medina (14'), Tomás Pérez (47'), Marçal (75') and Kauã Pascini (77') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Mineiro clearly the stronger side, by 100 rating points over Botafogo, even though it was Botafogo who won this one. Mineiro's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive defeats in the 2026 Brasileirão Série A and the 2026 Copa Sudamericana. Botafogo: two yellow cards. five changes were recorded for Botafogo. Mineiro: two yellow cards. Mineiro made two changes. Botafogo finished with a clean sheet.