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Brasileirão Série A · Matchweek 19

Botafogo

BOT

2–1Full time

Santos

SAN

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

57%Possession52%
46%Territory46%
21%From set plays8%
0.07Chance quality0.12
4.7%Directness4.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Botafogo, 3 for Santos. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 29 of 329 matches, not the full season.