Botafogo SP vs Volta Redonda — Serie C 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 32+ matches
Botafogo SP45%
Volta Redonda29%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 580,715 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.3% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Botafogo SP creates 32% more chances
Season form · 32 home / 81 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Botafogo SP ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Botafogo SP at home — creates 1.50, concedes 1.16 · 32 matches
Volta Redonda away — creates 1.06, concedes 1.44 · 81 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Botafogo SP attack 1.50 + Volta Redonda defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.47
Volta Redonda attack 1.06 + Botafogo SP defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.11
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 45%?"
Botafogo SP at 45% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 45% does not mean "Botafogo SP will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
Nautico Recife
Sampaio Correa
Imperatriz
Confiança
Ferroviario
Botafogo PB
Santa Cruz
Treze
ABC
Globo
Ypiranga-RS
Juventude
Sao Jose
Paysandu
remoVolta Redonda
Tombense
BOA
Luverdense
Atlético AcreanoIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Botafogo SP host Volta Redonda on Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 14:00. The match is part of the Serie C 2018/2019 season.
Botafogo SP 2 – 1 Volta Redonda
Botafogo SP beat Volta Redonda 2-1 in Serie C on July 31, 2022.
Goals: Gustavo Xuxa (26' pen), Fillipe Soutto (68'), Matheus Alessandro (90+1').
The match was played at Estádio Santa Cruz in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.