Botafogo RJ started the season really well and were fighting for the 1st places with Corinthians in the beginning but the last 4 results (1 draw and 3 defeats) put them in 16th place with the same points as Cuiaba. If they fail to win today they will be 1 month without winning. The investor, one of the owners of Botafogo, John Textor said that the coach Luis Castro is his leader and his partner and that he will keep in Botafogo until the end of the season, gave him many confidence for this important game and threw some pressure away. Luis Castro is a very good coach, he did amazing jobs in Portugal, he won the 2nd League with Porto B - was the first time that a 2nd team won the 2nd league, he made 6th with Chaves after getting promoted in the previous season and was the coach who managed to get the most out of talented Matheus Pereira (now in Al Hilal), a brazilian player that was loaned by Sporting CP, he is also one of the best communicators I have ever saw in football. For this game they count with the right-back Renzo Saravia due to suspension. The supporters of Botafogo are doing a lot of noise because of the bad performances by the team. Another important thing is that in case Botafogo fails to win they can go to relegation places and mentally it affects a lot every team and every player that is there. They play at home in Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the stadium will be almost full and it will give important strength to them. The must win for them is really big and I cannot see them being stopped by the weak Avai. The midfielder Lucas Fernandes is starting to get more confident as in the last season in Portugal in Portimonense he had few minutes and were some time without playing, finally I am starting to see the best of Lucas again and I think he can be a key player for today's game against Avai.

Probable line-up: Gatito Fernandez; Daniel Borges - Kanu - Cuesta - Hugo; Oyama - Tche Tche - Lucas Fernandes; Erison - Victor Sa and Vinicius Lopes.

Avai FC are in the same current situation as Botafogo, in a very bad moment with 4 loses and 1 draw in the last 5 games - that explains why they are right now in the 18th place and so in a relegation place, but it can change if they beat Botafogo today. Because of that, I expect Avai not only defending the result and wasting some time but I see them trying to attack to win the game and I think it can benefit the strategy of Botafogo, as they will have the best individual player in the pitch - Lucas Fernandes, with space he can be deadly with his passing skills and shooting skills. They come for this game after the defeat against Atletico Goianiense by 2-1. Avai did not win any game playing away from home this league and I don't think it will change in this game. They will try to explore this bad moment of Botafogo but they need to remember that their moment is even worse than their. Avai have some important absences like Eduardo, Jean Cleber, Raniele, Bressan, Galdezani, Jean Pyerre and Diego Matos.

Probable line-up: Douglas Friedrich; Kevin - Rodrigo Freitas - Arthur Chaves - Bruno Cortez; Raniele - Eduardo - Bruno Silva; Muriqui - William Pottker and Bissoli.

博塔弗戈赛季开局非常好，一开始就与科林蒂安争夺第一名，但最近的 4 场成绩（1 平 3 负）让他们以与库亚巴相同的积分排在第 16 位。如果他们今天没有获胜，他们将有 1 个月没有获胜。投资方，博塔弗戈的老板之一约翰·特克索表示，教练路易斯·卡斯特罗是他的领袖和搭档，他会一直留在博塔弗戈直到赛季结束，这给了他对这场重要比赛的信心，也给了他一些压力。离开。路易斯·卡斯特罗是一位非常出色的教练，他在葡萄牙的表现非常出色，他在波尔图 B 队赢得了联赛第二 - 这是第 2 支球队赢得联赛第二，他在上赛季升职后与查韦斯一起获得了第 6 名，是一位教练，他设法最大限度地利用了才华横溢的马修斯佩雷拉（现效力于阿尔希拉尔），他是一名被体育 CP 租借的巴西球员，他也是我见过的足球界最好的串联者之一。由于停赛，他们与右后卫伦佐·萨拉维亚（Renzo Saravia）进行了比赛。由于球队表现不佳，博塔弗戈的支持者们闹得沸沸扬扬。另一个重要的事情是，如果博塔弗戈未能获胜，他们可以去降级，这在精神上会影响到每支球队和在那里的每一位球员。他们在里约热内卢的尼尔顿桑托斯体育场主场比赛，体育场几乎是满的，这将为他们提供重要的力量。对他们来说必须获胜真的很大，我看不到他们被弱小的 Avai 阻止。中场球员卢卡斯·费尔南德斯开始变得更加自信，因为上赛季在葡萄牙的波尔蒂莫嫩塞，他有几分钟的时间，并且有一段时间没有上场，最后我开始再次看到卢卡斯最好的一面，我认为他可以成为一名关键球员今天对阵阿维的比赛。

阿瓦伊与博塔弗戈目前的情况相同，在过去 5 场比赛中 4 负 1 平处于非常糟糕的时刻——这解释了为什么他们现在排在第 18 位，因此处于降级位置，但情况可能会改变如果他们今天击败了博塔弗戈。正因为如此，我希望 Avai 不仅捍卫结果并浪费一些时间，而且我看到他们试图通过进攻来赢得比赛，我认为这有利于博塔弗戈的策略，因为他们将拥有球场上最好的个人球员 -卢卡斯·费尔南德斯（Lucas Fernandes），他的传球技术和投篮技术可以致命。他们在以 2-1 击败 Atletico Goianiense 后参加了这场比赛。阿瓦伊在本赛季的客场比赛中没有赢得任何比赛，我认为这场比赛不会改变。他们将尝试探索 Botafogo 这个糟糕的时刻，但他们需要记住，他们的时刻比他们的更糟糕。阿瓦伊有一些重要的球员缺席，例如 Eduardo、Jean Cleber、Raniele、Bressan、Galdezani、Jean Pyerre和迭戈马托斯。