Atlético-MG vs Botafogo, 2023 Brasileiro Serie A
· Brazilian Serie AAbout
Atlético-MG are hosting Botafogo
at Arena MRV, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, starting on
. The match is a part of the Brazilian Serie A.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Tchê Tchê (Botafogo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 1': Delay in match (Atlético Mineiro).
- 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 3': Foul by Mauricio Lemos (Atlético Mineiro).
- 3': Tiquinho Soares (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt missed. Júnior Santos (Botafogo) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Eduardo.
- 5': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Battaglia (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paulinho with a cross.
- 6': Foul by Marlon Freitas (Botafogo).
- 6': Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 7': Offside, Atlético Mineiro. Pedrinho tries a through ball, but Cristian Pavón is caught offside.
- 10': Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Foul by Marlon Freitas (Botafogo).
- 11': Attempt saved. Mauricio Lemos (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 11': Corner, Atlético Mineiro. Conceded by Lucas Perri.
- 13': Foul by Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro).
- 13': Tchê Tchê (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Foul by Alan Kardec (Atlético Mineiro).
- 16': Lucas Perri (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Delay in match because of an injury Lucas Perri (Botafogo).
- 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 19': Foul by Marçal (Botafogo).
- 19': Pedrinho (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Attempt missed. Victor Sá (Botafogo) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Leonel Di Plácido with a cross.
- 22': Foul by Mariano (Atlético Mineiro).
- 22': Victor Sá (Botafogo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Pedrinho (Atlético Mineiro) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Pavón.
- 24': Corner, Atlético Mineiro. Conceded by Leonel Di Plácido.
- 25': Offside, Atlético Mineiro. Mariano tries a through ball, but Cristian Pavón is caught offside.
- 27': Foul by Rodrigo Battaglia (Atlético Mineiro).
- 27': Tiquinho Soares (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28': Foul by Leonel Di Plácido (Botafogo).
- 28': Leonel Di Plácido (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 30': Attempt saved. Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 30': Corner, Atlético Mineiro. Conceded by Lucas Perri.
- 31': Foul by Tiquinho Soares (Botafogo).
- 31': Pedrinho (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Rodrigo Battaglia (Atlético Mineiro).
- 33': Júnior Santos (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Hand ball by Marçal (Botafogo).
- 39': Hand ball by Rodrigo Battaglia (Atlético Mineiro).
- 40': Corner, Atlético Mineiro. Conceded by Adryelson.
- 41': Attempt missed. Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cristian Pavón with a cross following a corner.
- 43': Foul by Otávio (Atlético Mineiro).
- 43': Victor Sá (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Tchê Tchê (Botafogo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Sá.
- 45': Foul by Mariano (Atlético Mineiro).
- 45': Victor Sá (Botafogo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45': Mariano (Atlético Mineiro) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2': Corner, Botafogo. Conceded by Guilherme Arana.
- 45'+3': Bruno Fuchs (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Foul by Víctor Cuesta (Botafogo).
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Atlético Mineiro 0, Botafogo 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Atlético Mineiro 0, Botafogo 0.
- 45': Substitution, Botafogo. Roberto Fernández replaces Lucas Perri because of an injury.
- 46': Delay in match because of an injury Adryelson (Botafogo).
- 46': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 47': Alan Kardec (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Foul by Marçal (Botafogo).
- 48': Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 48': Foul by Júnior Santos (Botafogo).
- 49': Foul by Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro).
- 49': Júnior Santos (Botafogo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Tchê Tchê (Botafogo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Sá.
- 51': Offside, Atlético Mineiro. Pedrinho tries a through ball, but Alan Kardec is caught offside.
- 53': Adryelson (Botafogo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 53': Foul by Alan Kardec (Atlético Mineiro).
- 56': Attempt blocked. Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Guilherme Arana.
- 57': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Kardec.
- 58': Corner, Atlético Mineiro. Conceded by Roberto Fernández.
- 58': Hand ball by Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro).
- 59': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Otávio with a through ball.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Júnior Santos (Botafogo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonel Di Plácido.
- 60': Corner, Botafogo. Conceded by Otávio.
- 61': Foul by Marçal (Botafogo).
- 61': Otávio (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Delay in match because of an injury Marçal (Botafogo).
- 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 63': Alan Kardec (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Víctor Cuesta (Botafogo).
- 63': Delay in match because of an injury Alan Kardec (Atlético Mineiro).
- 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Attempt missed. Mauricio Lemos (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 66': Substitution, Botafogo. Luis Henrique replaces Júnior Santos.
- 67': Substitution, Botafogo. Diego Costa replaces Tiquinho Soares.
- 68': Delay in match because of an injury Mauricio Lemos (Atlético Mineiro).
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 70': Foul by Rodrigo Battaglia (Atlético Mineiro).
- 70': Luis Henrique (Botafogo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 72': Attempt missed. Luis Henrique (Botafogo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tchê Tchê.
- 72': Substitution, Atlético Mineiro. Matías Zaracho replaces Alan Kardec.
- 74': Offside, Atlético Mineiro. Pedrinho tries a through ball, but Cristian Pavón is caught offside.
- 74': Bruno Fuchs (Atlético Mineiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Diego Costa (Botafogo).
- 75': Foul by Mariano (Atlético Mineiro).
- 75': Luis Henrique (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Substitution, Botafogo. Matías Segovia replaces Victor Sá.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Cristian Pavón (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mariano with a cross.
- 80': Attempt saved. Pedrinho (Atlético Mineiro) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Matías Zaracho.
- 81': Goal! Atlético Mineiro 1, Botafogo 0. Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedrinho with a through ball.
- 85': Substitution, Botafogo. Janderson replaces Leonel Di Plácido.
- 87': Corner, Botafogo. Conceded by Guilherme Arana.
- 89': Offside, Botafogo. Luis Henrique tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
- 90': Substitution, Atlético Mineiro. Patrick replaces Cristian Pavón.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Atlético Mineiro. Réver replaces Pedrinho.
- 90'+1': Foul by Matías Zaracho (Atlético Mineiro).
- 90'+1': Víctor Cuesta (Botafogo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Matías Zaracho (Atlético Mineiro) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo Battaglia.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Atlético Mineiro 1, Botafogo 0.
- 0': Match ends, Atlético Mineiro 1, Botafogo 0.
Statistics
 BOT |
CAM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 0 |
| 58.8 | Possession | 41.2 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 478 | Accurate Passes | 309 |
| 543 | Passes | 377 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 20 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 39 | Long Balls | 52 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 11 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 14 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: Brazilian Serie A
Venue: Arena MRV
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Attendance: 31,720
Venue: Arena MRV
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Attendance: 31,720
Brazil Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botafogo | 34 | +26 | 69 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 34 | +28 | 67 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 34 | +15 | 64 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 34 | +15 | 62 |
Line-Ups
Atlético-MG (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Éverson (GK) |
| 28 | Mauricio Lemos |
| 3 | Bruno Fuchs |
| 13 | Guilherme Arana |
| 25 | Mariano  |
| 38 | Pedrinho |
| 21 | Rodrigo Battaglia |
| 5 | Otávio |
| 14 | Alan Kardec |
| 9 | Cristian Pavón |
| 10 | Paulinho |
Botafogo (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Lucas Perri (GK) |
| 15 | Víctor Cuesta |
| 34 | Adryelson |
| 21 | Fernando Marçal |
| 24 | Leonel Di Plácido |
| 33 | Carlos Eduardo |
| 17 | Marlon Freitas |
| 6 | Tchê Tchê |
| 9 | Tiquinho Soares |
| 7 | Joao Victor |
| 37 | Júnior Santos |
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