Botafogo vs Racing Club - prediction, team news, lineups

Botafogo could each but unafraid qualification to the Copa Sudamericana knockout stages erstwhile they play big to Racing Club astatine the Nilton Santos Stadium connected Thursday morning. 

A triumph successful beforehand of their location supporters volition spot the Glorioso unfastened up a six-point vantage implicit the Argentines successful 3rd spot heading into the last 2 rounds of matches.

Match preview

Botafogo instrumentality to enactment connected the continental country caller disconnected the backmost of a disappointing effect successful beforehand of their location supporters astatine the weekend, erstwhile they fell to a 2-1 decision against Clube bash Remo successful the Brasileirao Serie A. 

Nahuel Ferraresi opened the scoring successful the 13th infinitesimal to manus the hosts a imagination commencement to the necktie and enactment them successful beforehand going into fractional time, but Alef Manga and Jaja deed backmost for Remo aft the interruption to crook the crippled connected its head. 

That effect saw Botafogo driblet into 10th spot successful the league array and marked a archetypal decision nether caput manager Franclim Carvalho, who had picked up 4 wins and 3 draws from his archetypal 7 matches astatine the helm of affairs.

In the Sudamericana, the Brazilian outfit had enjoyed an unbeaten commencement to the campaign, with 2 wins from their past 2 games pushing them to the apical of the Group E standings with 7 points from a imaginable nine. 

Having kicked disconnected the run with a 1-1 gully against Caracas, Botafogo secured a 3-2 triumph implicit Racing Club connected April 15, 2 weeks earlier edging retired Independiente Petrolero 3-0 connected location turf to determination 2 points supra Caracas successful the runners-up spot. 

Opening the tally matches earlier the World Cup, this volition beryllium the Glorioso's penultimate location crippled earlier the planetary tournament, with Carvalho's men acceptable to look Corinthians successful the Serie A connected May 17, with six matches connected the roadworthy lined up crossed the league, Sudamericana, and Copa bash Brasil.

Racing’s qualification for the circular of 16 of the Argentine Primera Division has highlighted the club’s struggles truthful far, with their spot successful the last-16 coming lone acknowledgment to slip-ups from Barracas Central, Tigre, and Sarmiento successful the last circular of the archetypal phase.

With Barracas and Sarmiento suffering defeats, and Tigre playing retired a stalemate with Rosario Central, a goalless gully with Huracan astatine the El Cilindro saw Gustavo Costas’s men decorativeness 16th with 21 points from 16 games, lone supra Instituto De Cordoba and Barracas connected extremity difference. 

While the adjacent situation successful the home knockout signifier volition beryllium against the reigning champions Estudiantes, for Racing Club volition look to drawback a six-game winless tally successful each competitions and enactment successful contention for a spot successful the Sudamericana knockout phase. 

Champions of the continental showpiece successful 2024, erstwhile they defeated Cruzeiro successful the final, the Academia volition gully inspiration from their coagulated grounds against Brazilian clubs, having picked up 8 wins and 2 draws successful 14 matches against Brasileirao sides.

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Team News

Botafogo suffered a caller wounded stroke against Remo astatine the weekend, with Allan coming disconnected with a thigh problem, and the seasoned midfielder is expected to beryllium retired Thursday’s continental clash. 

Alexander Barboza, who was dropped successful the aforementioned crippled amid ongoing transportation negotiations with Palmeiras, is besides a doubt, but Franclim could opt to see the defender connected Thursday. 

Kaio Pantaleao and 21-year-old guardant Nathan Fernandes are some recuperating from genu and thigh injuries respectively and volition besides play nary portion for Botafogo. 

As for Racing, the latest interest is right-back Ezequiel Cannavo, who was forced disconnected midway done the crippled against Huracan past clip retired done a musculus injury. 

His contiguous backup, Gaston Martirena, is besides an wounded uncertainty but could marque his instrumentality astatine the Estadio Nilton Santos, portion Elias Torres (cruciate ligament) and Valentin Carboni (ligament) are confirmed absentees owed to injuries.

Botafogo imaginable starting lineup:

Raul; Vitinho, Bastos, Barboza, Telles; Allan, Danilo; Santos, Edenilson, Martins; Cabral.

Racing Club imaginable starting lineup:

Cambeses; Martirena, Colombo, Rojo, Rojas; Zuculini, Forneris Rodriguez; Solari, Zaracho, Martinez

We say: Botafogo 1-1 Racing Club

Botafogo volition beryllium backing themselves to get the effect connected Thursday arsenic they instrumentality connected a Racing side, who person struggled to get going this play and are without a triumph successful their past six matches.

However, the Glorioso person been susceptible astatine the back, with some teams scoring successful 8 of their past 10 matches, and we foretell Racing volition propulsion for a effect and unit a stock of the spoils.

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