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Serie A Matchweek 21 Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Botafogo vs Gremio 3-2 – Serie A, 16 Sep 2026

Botafogo 12th · 35 pts
3–2 HT 1–1 Full-time
Gremio 17th · 29 pts
Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira 30'Álvaro Montoro 52'Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira 79'
Jovane Cabral 36'Gustavo Martins 88'
VenueEstadio Olimpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro RefereeEdina Alves Batista, Brazil Kick-off16 Sep · 23:30 BST Season2026/27

Match stats

36%64%Ball Possession
1013Total Shots
73Shots on Goal
0.890.57Expected goals (xG)
33Corner Kicks
1311Fouls
11Yellow Cards
78%88%Passes %

Key events

  • 90'+7 Matheus NascimentoCard upgrade cancelled Gremio
  • 90'+4 Danilo dos Santos de OliveiraYellow Card · Time Wasting Botafogo
  • 90'+3 Carlos ViníciusGoal cancelled Gremio
  • 88' Gustavo Martins assist TetêNormal Goal Gremio
  • 86' Arthur Cabral for Tiquinho SoaresSubstitution 5 Botafogo
  • 79' Álvaro Montoro for AllanSubstitution 4 Botafogo
  • 79' Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira assist Álvaro MontoroNormal Goal Botafogo
  • 78' Cristian Pavón for TetêSubstitution 4 Gremio
  • 78' Erick Noriega for Matheus NascimentoSubstitution 3 Gremio
  • 78' Erick NoriegaYellow Card · Dissent Gremio
  • 73' Júnior Santos for MarçalSubstitution 3 Botafogo
  • 66' Filip Krovinović for Martin BraithwaiteSubstitution 2 Gremio
  • 59' Jovane Cabral for José EnamoradoSubstitution 1 Gremio
  • 52' Álvaro Montoro assist VitinhoNormal Goal Botafogo
  • 45' Lucas Monzon for Gabriel JustinoSubstitution 2 Botafogo
  • 45' Edenilson for DaniloSubstitution 1 Botafogo
  • 36' Jovane CabralNormal Goal Gremio
  • 30' Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira assist Álvaro MontoroNormal Goal Botafogo

SportsLife forecast

Made before kick-off
Our pick Botafogo 45% Botafogo Home
= 45% Draw Draw
Gremio 10% Gremio Away

Our pick Botafogo win or draw Correct

Double chance : Botafogo or draw · goals home -2.5, away -1.5

40%60%Form
43%57%Attack
50%50%Defence
62%38%Head-to-head
50%50%Goals
53.2%46.8%Overall

Win probability for each side, worked out from recent form, attack and defence strength, goals scored and conceded, and past meetings. Close numbers mean an open match; the bars show which side each factor favours. Not betting advice.

Botafogo

League formDLLLDD
Last 5 · form13%
Last 5 · attack / defence20% / 47%
Last 5 · goals for / against3 (0.6) / 8 (1.6)
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A12th · P 28 · GD -4 · 35 pts

Gremio

League formWLLWLL
Last 5 · form20%
Last 5 · attack / defence27% / 47%
Last 5 · goals for / against4 (0.8) / 8 (1.6)
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A17th · P 28 · GD -8 · 29 pts

Line-ups

Botafogo4-2-3-1

  • 12Gabriel BatistaG
  • 2VitinhoD
  • 3Arthur ChavesD
  • 33L. MonzonD
  • 13Alex TellesD
  • 75HuguinhoM
  • 8Danilo SantosM
  • 7Junior SantosM
  • 88EdenilsonM
  • 10A. MontoroM
  • 19Arthur CabralF

Substitutes

  • 17WarlesonG
  • 29PaulinhoD
  • 21MarcalD
  • 42Kadu SantosD
  • 25AllanM
  • 91D. AndradeM
  • 34G. JustinoD
  • 59Kauan ToledoM
  • 9Tiquinho SoaresF
  • 90Danilo PereiraF
  • 77L. M. Villalba JaumeF
  • 79L. E. Jales do NascimentoF
CoachFranclim Carvalho

Gremio4-2-3-1

  • 1WevertonG
  • 27Diego CaitoD
  • 6Gustavo MartinsD
  • 82WallaceD
  • 38Caio PaulistaD
  • 8E. NoriegaM
  • 20M. VillasantiM
  • 7C. PavonM
  • 10F. KrovinovicM
  • 77J. CabralM
  • 95Carlos ViniciusF

Substitutes

  • 12Gabriel GrandoG
  • 31G. MenegonG
  • 14Marcos RochaD
  • 18Joao PedroD
  • 4Walter KannemannD
  • 3Wagner LeonardoD
  • 5J. NardoniM
  • 15Danilo BarbosaM
  • 22M. BraithwaiteF
  • 99J. EnamoradoF
  • 11TeteF
  • 30Matheus NascimentoF
CoachLuiz Scolari

Statistics

73Shots On Goal
28Shots Off Goal
1013Total Shots
12Blocked Shots
68Shots Insidebox
45Shots Outsidebox
1311Fouls
33Corner Kicks
02Offsides
36%64%Ball Possession
11Yellow Cards
00Red Cards
14Goalkeeper Saves
368646Total Passes
286571Passes Accurate
78%88%Passes %
0.890.57Expected Goals
-2.03-2.03Goals Prevented

All events

  • 30' Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira assist Álvaro MontoroGoal · Normal Goal Botafogo
  • 36' Jovane CabralGoal · Normal Goal Gremio
  • 45' Edenilson for Danilosubst · Substitution 1 Botafogo
  • 45' Lucas Monzon for Gabriel Justinosubst · Substitution 2 Botafogo
  • 52' Álvaro Montoro assist VitinhoGoal · Normal Goal Botafogo
  • 59' Jovane Cabral for José Enamoradosubst · Substitution 1 Gremio
  • 66' Filip Krovinović for Martin Braithwaitesubst · Substitution 2 Gremio
  • 73' Júnior Santos for Marçalsubst · Substitution 3 Botafogo
  • 78' Erick NoriegaCard · Yellow Card · Dissent Gremio
  • 78' Erick Noriega for Matheus Nascimentosubst · Substitution 3 Gremio
  • 78' Cristian Pavón for Tetêsubst · Substitution 4 Gremio
  • 79' Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira assist Álvaro MontoroGoal · Normal Goal Botafogo
  • 79' Álvaro Montoro for Allansubst · Substitution 4 Botafogo
  • 86' Arthur Cabral for Tiquinho Soaressubst · Substitution 5 Botafogo
  • 88' Gustavo Martins assist TetêGoal · Normal Goal Gremio
  • 90'+3 Carlos ViníciusVar · Goal cancelled Gremio
  • 90'+4 Danilo dos Santos de OliveiraCard · Yellow Card · Time Wasting Botafogo
  • 90'+7 Matheus NascimentoVar · Card upgrade cancelled Gremio

Player ratings

Botafogo

PlayerMinRatingGAShPassTklDuels
Álvaro MontoroM 798.9 122 31 22%13/6
Danilo SantosM 908.4 203 48 36%03/8
VitinhoD 907.1 011 33 29%59/13
Tiquinho SoaresF 46.5 000 5 5%11/2
HuguinhoM 906.5 000 38 36%37/11
L. MonzónD 456.4 000 25 23%01/2
DaniloF 456.4 000 8 6%03/7
Alex TellesD 906.3 001 32 22%13/5
Arthur CabralF 866.3 001 20 11%04/17
G. JustinoD 456.2 000 11 8%02/3
MarçalD 176.1 000 6 5%11/2
AllanM 116.1 000 5 3%01/2
EdenílsonM 456.0 000 20 15%02/3
Arthur ChavesD 905.9 000 46 42%01/9
Gabriel BatistaG 905.8 000 28 13%00/0
Júnior SantosM 735.7 002 15 12%02/7

Gremio

PlayerMinRatingGAShPassTklDuels
Jovane CabralM 597.7 103 31 29%13/4
Gustavo MartinsD 907.6 102 81 71%212/16
TetêF 127.0 010 10 6%02/4
WevertonG 906.8 000 35 28%00/0
M. VillasantiM 906.7 000 83 75%14/10
WallaceD 906.6 000 81 77%18/12
J. EnamoradoF 316.6 000 17 16%01/4
C. PavónM 786.5 000 55 48%24/9
F. KrovinovićM 666.4 001 43 39%05/7
M. BraithwaiteF 246.3 000 6 5%01/1
Diego CaitoD 906.3 001 72 64%16/10
E. NoriegaM 786.2 003 55 48%12/6
Caio PaulistaD 906.2 000 55 47%13/7
Carlos ViníciusF 906.1 003 15 12%03/5
Matheus NascimentoF 125.9 000 8 6%00/2

Head-to-head last 10 meetings

4Botafogo wins2Draws4Gremio wins
  • 16 Sep 2026 Serie A Botafogo 3 – 2 Gremio
  • 5 Feb 2026 Serie A Gremio 5 – 3 Botafogo
  • 22 Nov 2025 Serie A Botafogo 3 – 2 Gremio
  • 24 Sep 2025 Serie A Gremio 1 – 1 Botafogo
  • 29 Sep 2024 Serie A Botafogo 0 – 0 Gremio
  • 16 Jun 2024 Serie A Gremio 1 – 2 Botafogo
  • 9 Nov 2023 Serie A Botafogo 3 – 4 Gremio
  • 9 Jul 2023 Serie A Gremio 0 – 2 Botafogo
  • 8 Feb 2021 Serie A Botafogo 2 – 5 Gremio
  • 14 Oct 2020 Serie A Gremio 3 – 1 Botafogo

Squads

Botafogo39 players

Goalkeepers

  • 62Cleber19 y
  • 12Gabriel Batista28 y
  • 32Rhyan19 y
  • 17Warleson29 y

Defenders

  • 13Alex Telles33 y
  • 26Anthony20 y
  • 3Arthur Chaves24 y
  • 5N. Ferraresi27 y
  • 36Gabriel Abdias19 y
  • 17J. Hernández19 y
  • 42Kadu Santos20 y
  • 21Marçal37 y
  • 33L. Monzón24 y
  • 29Paulinho30 y
  • 4M. Ponte22 y
  • 2Vitinho26 y
  • 63Garcia da Silva Neves Herick17 y

Midfielders

  • 75Huguinho18 y
  • 25Allan34 y
  • 91Domingos Andrade23 y
  • 18Arthur Novaes17 y
  • 14J. Barrera19 y
  • 10Caio Valle18 y
  • 8Danilo Santos25 y
  • 88Edenílson36 y
  • 38Hugo Goncalves dos Santos Victor16 y
  • 34G. Justino19 y
  • 6C. Medina23 y
  • 10Álvaro Montoro18 y
  • 15Wallace II18 y
  • 7H. Ziyech32 y
  • 7Júnior Santos31 y
  • 59Kauan Toledo19 y
  • 77L. Villalba24 y

Forwards

  • 19Arthur Cabral28 y
  • 37K. Barria18 y
  • 90Danilo26 y
  • 11Matheus Martins22 y
  • 9Tiquinho Soares35 y

Gremio36 players

Goalkeepers

  • 12Gabriel Grando25 y
  • 31G. Menegon17 y
  • 24Thiago Beltrame22 y
  • 1Weverton38 y

Defenders

  • 38Caio Paulista27 y
  • 27Diego Caito21 y
  • 2F. Balbuena34 y
  • 6Gustavo Martins23 y
  • 18João Pedro29 y
  • 43Luis Eduardo17 y
  • 14Marcos Rocha37 y
  • 23Marlon29 y
  • 54Pedro Gabriel18 y
  • 32V. Ramon18 y
  • 3Wagner Leonardo27 y
  • 82Wallace21 y
  • 4W. Kannemann34 y

Midfielders

  • 50Bernardo Zortea18 y
  • 15Danilo Barbosa30 y
  • 17Dodi29 y
  • 65Riquelme Freitas19 y
  • 40Jefinho19 y
  • 10F. Krovinović30 y
  • 5J. Nardoni23 y
  • 8E. Noriega24 y
  • 39Tiago17 y
  • 20M. Villasanti28 y
  • 77Jovane Cabral28 y
  • 7C. Pavón29 y

Forwards

  • 9F. Amuzu26 y
  • 22M. Braithwaite34 y
  • 95Carlos Vinícius31 y
  • 99J. Enamorado26 y
  • 30Matheus Nascimento21 y
  • 47Roger17 y
  • 11Tetê25 y

Season numbers Serie A 2026/27

Botafogo

FormWDWDLLLDDW
Played (home / away)27 (14 / 13)
W · D · L9 · 8 · 10
Goals for (avg)41 (1.5)
Goals against (avg)43 (1.6)
Clean sheets / failed to score4 / 6
Biggest win (home / away)4-0 / 1-4
Longest win streak2
Penalties scored / missed2 / 0
Most used formation4-2-3-1 (13×)
Cards (yellow / red)77 / 3

Gremio

FormLLDWLLWLLL
Played (home / away)27 (13 / 14)
W · D · L7 · 7 · 13
Goals for (avg)30 (1.1)
Goals against (avg)38 (1.4)
Clean sheets / failed to score5 / 9
Biggest win (home / away)5-3 / –
Longest win streak1
Penalties scored / missed1 / 0
Most used formation4-1-4-1 (11×)
Cards (yellow / red)69 / 4