Coritiba vs Botafogo Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Although both sides are in the bottom 6, both coaches will have found plenty of positives in their recent performances. Coritiba come into this match having not lost any of their last 4 games and having kept 3 consecutive clean sheets. They’ve lost just 1 of their last 7 and have taken 8 points from their last 4 home games so all the signs are that Coritiba are on the right track and they’ll be hopeful of picking up a win here that could propel them up above their opponents and out of the relegation zone.

Botafogo have proved they are no mugs though and the newly promoted side have upset a few of the more established top flight clubs already this season. They were 2-1 winners at home to Santa Cruz last time out and have been scoring plenty of goals particularly on the road. The Rio club has scored 3 goals in each of their last 2 away matches, going down 5-3 at Atletico Mineiro but winning 3-2 at Internacional. Defensively though they still leave a bit to be desired and only 2 sides have worse defensive records than them.

Given their recent success by playing with an open style, you’d expect Botafogo to come here with a similar attacking mentality and that should lead to another lively game involving them. Coritiba are under more pressure to win the game given they are at home and are currently in the drop-zone so we should see two teams trying to win.

Both teams have scored in 6 of Coritiba’s last 7 home games and 6 of Botafogo’s last 7 matches in all so certainly there is plenty of reason to expect goals at both ends here. You can back both teams to score at 10/11.