Botafogo SP vs Sport Recife prediction

Botafogo SP – Sport Recife, Serie B, Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 07:00 PM (GMT). Venue: Estadio Santa Cruz

Botafogo SP is #12 in the table (47 pts) and Sport Recife #7 (54 pts). Botafogo SP is unbeaten in its last 5 matches. Last 6 head-to-head meetings: Botafogo SP 0, draws 3, Sport Recife 3. Their last meeting, on July 10, 2026, ended Sport Recife 3-3 Botafogo SP.

Botafogo SP

07:00 PM

Sport Recife

AI confidence: Medium

AI match recap

This is a tight late-season contest between Botafogo-SP’s hottest recent run and a Sport side still chasing the promotion places. The home side have built momentum through clean sheets and disciplined defensive structure, making Santa Cruz a difficult venue for a visiting team with a long journey behind them. Sport have greater urgency and several technical players between midfield and attack, but must avoid getting trapped into predictable wide deliveries against a packed defence. The midfield battle around Willian Oliveira, Patrick de Paula and Botafogo-SP’s screening players should decide who establishes control.

Predicted score and probabilities

The AI's exact score, win/draw/loss probabilities, both teams to score, over/under 2.5 and 4 key factors are in the full analysis.

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Head-to-head analysis

Sport Recife are unbeaten across the last seven league meetings, winning four and drawing three. The reverse fixture this season was an open draw, but the longer series has consistently favoured Sport.

Form (last 5)

Botafogo SPLeague position #12 · 47 ptsW W W

Sport RecifeLeague position #7 · 54 ptsD L W

Botafogo SP vs Sport Recife stats

	Botafogo SP	Sport Recife
Played	35	35
Goals scored	40	47
Goals conceded	38	38
Clean sheets	9	10

Last meetings

2026-07-10Sport Recife 3-3 Botafogo SP
2024-10-21Sport Recife 3-1 Botafogo SP
2024-06-29Botafogo SP 1-1 Sport Recife
2023-09-03Botafogo SP 1-1 Sport Recife
2023-05-20Sport Recife 3-0 Botafogo SP
2019-11-14Botafogo SP 0-2 Sport Recife