Corinthians vs Botafogo Predictions

Saturday’s Brazilian Serie A action sees Corinthians doing battle with Botafogo. The hosts arrive as big favourites to claim all 3 points and will be looking to do exactly that.

Corinthians come into the game in pretty impressive form, unbeaten in 8 matches across all competitions, of which they’ve won 5. Boss Fabio Carille’s return to the club didn’t initially look like it’d be a successful one but Timao are now beginning to look a far more solid outfit under him; as they certainly were during his last spell in charge, during which they romped to the 2017 Serie A title.

Currently 6th in the table with 24 points from 14 games, it’s going to take something special if Corinthians are to push for the title in the coming months but their recent upturn in form provides good reason for encouragement and the team at least look well placed to secure a Copa Libertadores place. With 5 wins from their last 7 home matches, the hosts clearly have to be fancied to win Saturday’s match and anything less than 3 points would be regarded as a poor result by all concerned.

Meanwhile, Botafogo were coming under massive pressure just mere weeks ago but back to back wins over Avai and Athletico PR have somewhat eased the situation. Nonetheless, with Avai one of Serie A’s weakest outfits and Athletico having fielded a weakened team against them last week, said wins can by no means be taken as a guarantee that Eduardo Barroca’s troops’ issues are over.

Currently 7th, mainly due to their strong start to the season, Botafoga find themselves in a promising position if they can sustain their current form. Nonetheless, they’ve not looked a particularly impressive outfit in recent months and whether or not they can travel to Sao Paulo and pose a goalscoring threat is a big question mark hanging over the side prior to this game, having failed to score in 5 of their last 8 matches and having recently lost key winger Erik.

Ultimately, there only looks like being one winner in this game and that’s Corinthians. Botafoga may have won their last couple of games but face a big step up in challenge here and in good form, the hosts look very well placed to secure victory.

All things considered, backing Corinthians to win the match looks the best way to play as far as the betting goes and is exactly where our money is going. Corinthians won this fixture 2-0 last season, have won their last 3 home games against Botafogo and that leads us to believe they’ll run 2-0 winners on Saturday.