Botafogo-RJ U-20 and Tiradentes-PI U-20 – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 02/01/2024

Botafogo-RJ under-20 and Tiradentes-PI under-20 face each other at the Estádio Municipal Dr. José Lancha Filho, in the city of Franca, in São Paulo, in the 1st round of the group stage of the Copinha (Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior). The confrontation is scheduled to take place on the night of Tuesday, January 2, 2024, starting at 9:30 pm.

Botafogo

The Botafogo team is hoping to make its debut in the country’s biggest youth competition.

Being a big club in Brazilian football, the Rio team is the main highlight of its group, which also includes Francana and Rio Claro, but the team led by coach Eduardo Oliveira does not expect to have an easy life ahead, despite having greater investment compared to other competitors.

Glorioso is looking for its first title in the tournament and in the last edition it suffered a frustrating elimination against Red Bull Bragantino under-20 in the third phase.

However, the black and white team prepared intensely for this edition of the tournament, with a month of December filled with friendlies to improve the chemistry and physical conditioning of its players, who seek to do well in the competition.

Their last official game took place on October 21st, when they faced Fluminense under-20 in the state championship and got the worst of it, losing at home by a slim score of 1-0.

In the last 5 times they officially took to the field, 3 draws and 2 defeats were recorded, drawing with Flamengo under-20 and América-RJ under-20 twice, in addition to losing to Fluminense under-20 also for twice.

Tiradentes

On the other side is the Tiradentes under-20 team, which represents Piauí football and even entered the field on December 29th, when it was defeated 2-1 by the Altos professional team, which is preparing to compete in the Pre-Northeast Cup.

Despite their inexperience, the young Tiradentes under-20 team gave their opponents a hard time.

Their previous duel took place precisely on Christmas Eve, when they faced another professional team when measuring up against Fluminense-PI, showing that they are highly committed to having a good campaign in this edition of the Copinha to make their fans proud.

However, the team from Piauí appears as a big underdog in a group that, in addition to Botafogo-RJ under-20, also has Rio Claro under-20 and Francana under-20, which has the advantage of playing at home.

Conclusion:

In this way, Tiradentes under-20s may even offer some resistance against Botafogo’s under-20s team, but they will hardly be able to score in this opening round, given the huge disparity in investment between the two clubs, especially in the current phase. , with the Botafoguenses gradually increasing their investment in revealing new talents, establishing themselves as the big favorite to win this Tuesday and lead the group.