Boavista and Botafogo face each other on the night of this Thursday, January 24, 2024, starting at 9:30 pm, in the 3rd round of the Guanabara Cup, for the Campeonato Carioca. The match will be played at the Elcyr Resende de Mendonça Stadium, in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro.
Boavista
Considered a big surprise for this round, the Boavista team arrives confident of surprising positively, just as they did in the last round, when they achieved their first victory of the season by achieving an unlikely win.
At the time, the Alviverde team had lost to Vasco in the opening round and arrived with shaken confidence to face Volta Redonda, at the Raulino de Oliveira stadium.
However, Boavista showed all the strength of its squad by winning by a score of 3 to 2 and standing out in a very balanced duel that served to motivate it for the rest of the competition.
In the last 5 times they entered the field officially, only 1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats were recorded, beating Volta Redonda and drawing with the same Volta Redonda, in addition to losing to Vasco and also to Serrano for two times.
Currently, the club is in eighth place on the Rio elite league table, with 3 points achieved so far, only one less than Fluminense, which opens the access zone to the state semi-finals.
Playing as home team, at the Elcyr Resende de Mendonça Stadium, the Boavista team has a recent record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats in the last 10 matches played.
Botafogo
And on the visitors’ side there is the Botafogo squad, which in turn has two consecutive victories and wants to take advantage of the momentum to maintain 100% success in the season.
Their debut match was a slim victory over Madureira, with a score of 1-0, giving up chances for their opponent to draw. However, in the following duel Glorioso performed better by beating Bangu 2-0 with a more dominant performance.
There were 2 wins, 2 draws and only 1 defeat in the last 5 official matches, beating Bangu and Madureira, drawing with Cruzeiro and also with Coritiba, in addition to losing to Internacional.
Currently, the club is in first place on the Guanabara Cup leaderboard, being the only team with 6 points achieved so far, two above the runner-up of the tournament.
In the last 10 times they entered the field as visitors, the Botafogo team had a performance with only 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Conclusion:
The Botafoguenses are the big favorites to win this round, as they did in four of the last five games against Boavista, who lost 4-0 in the previous season. Fogão is going through a great moment and has more qualified players to continue adding victories to their excellent campaign.