Brazilian Serie A

Flamengo vs Botafogo, 2025 Brasileiro Serie A

· Brazilian Serie A

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Flamengo are hosting Botafogo at Estadio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting on . The match is a part of the Brazilian Serie A.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Everton (Flamengo).
  • 2': Vitinho (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luiz Araújo with a cross.
  • 4': Foul by Allan (Botafogo).
  • 4': Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Allan (Botafogo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 6': Foul by Alex Sandro (Flamengo).
  • 7': Foul by Luiz Araújo (Flamengo).
  • 7': John (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Pedro (Flamengo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Henrique.
  • 9': Foul by Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo).
  • 9': Igor Jesus (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Everton (Flamengo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 11': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Vitinho.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Alex Telles (Botafogo) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Igor Jesus.
  • 13': Foul by Gregore (Botafogo).
  • 13': Wesley (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Allan (Botafogo).
  • 16': Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Alex Sandro (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 17': Foul by Vitinho (Botafogo).
  • 17': Vitinho (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 19': Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Foul by Jair (Botafogo).
  • 20': Foul by Gregore (Botafogo).
  • 20': Wesley (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Luiz Araújo (Flamengo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Cuiabano (Botafogo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Telles.
  • 24': Foul by Alex Telles (Botafogo).
  • 24': Wesley (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Everton (Flamengo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luiz Araújo.
  • 27': Allan (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Alex Sandro (Flamengo).
  • 28': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Jair.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Rwan Cruz (Botafogo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Vitinho with a headed pass.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 33': Foul by Gregore (Botafogo).
  • 33': Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Gregore (Botafogo).
  • 33': Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by David Ricardo.
  • 36': Evertton Araújo (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Foul by Igor Jesus (Botafogo).
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Pedro (Flamengo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás de la Cruz.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Igor Jesus (Botafogo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alex Telles with a cross.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Everton (Flamengo) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the right.
  • 43': Foul by Léo Ortiz (Flamengo).
  • 43': Rwan Cruz (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Offside, Botafogo. Cuiabano is caught offside.
  • 44': Offside, Flamengo. Everton is caught offside.
  • 45': Offside, Botafogo. Rwan Cruz is caught offside.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Alex Telles (Botafogo).
  • 45'+1': Wesley (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Flamengo 0, Botafogo 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Flamengo 0, Botafogo 0.
  • 47': Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Allan (Botafogo).
  • 48': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Cuiabano.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Evertton Araújo (Flamengo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luiz Araújo with a cross.
  • 49': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by John.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Léo Ortiz (Flamengo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luiz Araújo with a cross following a corner.
  • 52': Foul by Allan (Botafogo).
  • 52': Pedro (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Offside, Flamengo. Pedro is caught offside.
  • 53': Alex Telles (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Foul by Luiz Araújo (Flamengo).
  • 55': Foul by Gregore (Botafogo).
  • 55': Pedro (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Delay in match because of an injury Rwan Cruz (Botafogo).
  • 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 57': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Vitinho.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Luiz Araújo (Flamengo) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 60': Foul by David Ricardo (Botafogo).
  • 60': Pedro (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Substitution, Flamengo. Juninho replaces Pedro.
  • 61': Substitution, Flamengo. Matheus Gonçalves replaces Bruno Henrique.
  • 61': Evertton Araújo (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 61': Foul by Igor Jesus (Botafogo).
  • 62': Delay in match because of an injury Nicolás de la Cruz (Flamengo).
  • 64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Allan (Botafogo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vitinho.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Marlon Freitas (Botafogo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Cuiabano.
  • 65': Corner, Botafogo. Conceded by Agustín Rossi.
  • 65': Substitution, Flamengo. Danilo replaces Nicolás de la Cruz because of an injury.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Jair (Botafogo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Telles with a cross.
  • 67': Substitution, Botafogo. Nathan Fernandes replaces Rwan Cruz.
  • 67': Foul by Allan (Botafogo).
  • 67': Léo Ortiz (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 68': Allan (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card.
  • 69': Delay in match (Flamengo).
  • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Corner, Botafogo. Conceded by Luiz Araújo.
  • 73': Corner, Botafogo. Conceded by Danilo.
  • 73': Attempt missed. David Ricardo (Botafogo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alex Telles with a cross following a corner.
  • 75': Foul by Cuiabano (Botafogo).
  • 75': Léo Ortiz (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Cuiabano (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury David Ricardo (Botafogo).
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Cuiabano (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Luiz Araújo (Flamengo).
  • 78': Substitution, Botafogo. Marçal replaces David Ricardo because of an injury.
  • 79': Evertton Araújo (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Marlon Freitas (Botafogo).
  • 79': Marlon Freitas (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Cuiabano (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Foul by Wesley (Flamengo).
  • 80': Wesley (Flamengo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Foul by Cuiabano (Botafogo).
  • 85': Wesley (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Substitution, Flamengo. Michael replaces Everton.
  • 88': Substitution, Flamengo. Guillermo Varela replaces Léo Ortiz.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Luiz Araújo (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Gonçalves.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Evertton Araújo (Flamengo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Gonçalves.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Marlon Freitas (Botafogo).
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Botafogo. Mateo Ponte replaces Vitinho.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Botafogo. Santiago Rodríguez replaces Allan.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Botafogo. Danilo Barbosa replaces Marlon Freitas because of an injury.
  • 90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Michael (Flamengo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Alex Sandro (Flamengo) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 90'+3': Danilo (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Igor Jesus (Botafogo).
  • 90'+4': Foul by Gregore (Botafogo).
  • 90'+4': Matheus Gonçalves (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Marçal (Botafogo).
  • 90'+6': Juninho (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+6': Marçal (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Marçal.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Flamengo 0, Botafogo 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Flamengo 0, Botafogo 0.

Statistics

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23 Fouls 9
5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 2
40.4 Possession 59.6
8 SHOTS 15
2 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
294 Accurate Passes 466
358 Passes 523
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 5
10 Crosses 24
0.5 Cross % 0.2
51 Long Balls 62
26 Accurate Long Balls 44
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 8
9 Effective Tackles 5
20 Tackles 7
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
6 Interceptions 11
31 Effective Clearances 17
31 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Brazilian Serie A

Venue: Estadio do Maracanã
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Attendance: 54,238

Brazil Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Flamengo 21 +35 47
2 Cruzeiro 22 +20 44
3 Palmeiras 20 +12 43
4 Bahia 20 +6 36
Full Standings

Line-Ups

FLA Flamengo (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Agustín Rossi (GK)
4 Léo Pereira
3 Léo Ortiz
26 Alex Sandro
43 Wesley França Yellow Card
18 Nicolás de la Cruz
52 Evertton
11 Everton
7 Luiz Araújo
27 Bruno Henrique
9 Pedro

BOT Botafogo (4-4-2)

No. Name
12 John (GK)
57 David Loiola
32 Jair Paula
13 Alex Telles
2 Vitinho Yellow Card
17 Marlon Freitas Yellow Card
26 Gregore
66 Cuiabano Yellow Card
25 Allan Yellow Card
99 Igor Jesus
9 Rwan Seco

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