Botafogo RJ vs CiencianoPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Botafogo welcome Cienciano to the Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro carrying a heavy deficit: the visitors won the opening leg 6-1. The 6-1 in the first leg That scoreline splits the tie in two. Cienciano had taken 8 points from six matches in the previous phase, with two wins, two draws and two defeats, only five goals scored and seven conceded; away from their own ground the record reads one draw, two losses, a single goal for and six against. Botafogo had swept their own group with 16 points, five wins and one draw, fifteen goals made and five allowed. Other recent games Botafogo come in after a 0-1 loss at Vitoria and, before the thrashing, had put together a 1-1 with Fluminense, a 1-0 win at Cruzeiro and a goalless draw with that same Vitoria side: four outings that never carried more than two goals apiece. Cienciano then drew 0-0 with Deportivo Garcilaso, while further back sit a 2-0 win over Universitario and a 4-0 against Lanus. The competition as a whole averages 2.30 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.