Botafogo 2-1 Santos · Brasileirão Serie A
Botafogo beat Santos 2-1 in the Brasileirão Serie A. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Botafogo and Santos met in the Brasileirão Serie A at Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, 16 July 2026.
Goalscorers
Botafogo: L. Emanuel 41'; K. Barría 90'. Santos: Á. Barreal 57'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 48% to 52%. Botafogo had 17 shots with 6 on target, Santos 22 with 9 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 5 to Botafogo and 6 to Santos. Botafogo conceded 10 fouls, Santos 13. The referee showed 6 yellow cards (4 for Botafogo, 2 for Santos).
Line-ups
Botafogo started in a 4-4-2: Léo Linck, Vitinho, Gabriel Justino, Nahuel Ferraresi, Alex Telles, Lucas Villalba, Huguinho, Cristian Medina, Matheus Martins, L. Emanuel, Kauan Toledo.
Santos started in a 4-2-3-1: Gabriel Brazão, Igor Vinícius, Lucas Veríssimo, Luan Peres, Gonzalo Escobar, Gustavinho, Willian Arão, Miguelito, Benjamín Rollheiser, Álvaro Barreal, Thaciano.
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Minute by minute
- 41'Goal! Botafogo 1-0 Santos. L. Emanuel (Botafogo) scores, assisted by K. Toledo.
- 42'VAR check complete: the goal for Botafogo stands.
- 45'Half-time. Botafogo 1-0 Santos.
- 57'Goal! Botafogo 1-1 Santos. Á. Barreal (Santos) scores.
- 90+5'Goal! Botafogo 2-1 Santos. K. Barría (Botafogo) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Botafogo 2-1 Santos.
Full commentary (74 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Botafogo vs Santos.
- 8'Attempt saved. Á. Barreal (Santos), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
- 13'Attempt blocked. G. Escobar (Santos), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 13'Attempt blocked. Miguelito (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 15'Attempt saved. Huguinho (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 15'Corner, Botafogo.
- 16'Attempt blocked. M. Martins (Botafogo), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 23'Attempt blocked. Á. Barreal (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 24'Attempt saved. Miguelito (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.30.
- 25'Yellow card for Huguinho (Botafogo).
- 26'Yellow card for Thaciano (Santos).
- 27'Attempt missed. K. Toledo (Botafogo), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 28'Attempt blocked. Á. Barreal (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 28'Corner, Santos.
- 30'Attempt missed. I. Vinícius (Santos), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 31'Corner, Botafogo.
- 34'Attempt missed. C. Medina (Botafogo), header. xG 0.05.
- 37'Attempt missed. Á. Barreal (Santos), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.06.
- 41'Goal! Botafogo 1-0 Santos. L. Emanuel (Botafogo) scores, assisted by K. Toledo.
- 42'VAR check complete: the goal for Botafogo stands.
- 45'Attempt saved. Á. Barreal (Santos), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 45'4 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Corner, Santos.
- 45+2'Yellow card for M. Martins (Botafogo).
- 45+2'Yellow card for Á. Barreal (Santos).
- 45+4'Attempt saved. M. Martins (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 45'Half-time. Botafogo 1-0 Santos.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 47'Attempt saved. M. Martins (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 50'Attempt missed. Thaciano (Santos), right-footed shot. xG 0.55.
- 50'Attempt saved. Á. Barreal (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 52'Attempt missed. Thaciano (Santos), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.07.
- 52'Corner, Santos.
- 53'Attempt missed. C. Medina (Botafogo), header. xG 0.10.
- 53'Attempt saved. C. Medina (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 54'Substitution, Santos: C. Oliva comes on for G. H. Pereira.
- 56'Corner, Santos.
- 56'Attempt blocked. B. Rollheiser (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 57'Goal! Botafogo 1-1 Santos. Á. Barreal (Santos) scores.
- 61'Corner, Botafogo.
- 62'Attempt missed. C. Medina (Botafogo), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.68.
- 62'Attempt blocked. Huguinho (Botafogo), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
- 62'Attempt blocked. M. Martins (Botafogo), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 64'Substitution, Botafogo: S. Rodríguez comes on for M. Martins.
- 64'Substitution, Santos: Rony comes on for Thaciano.
- 64'Substitution, Santos: Nadson comes on for Miguelito.
- 65'Corner, Santos.
- 66'Attempt blocked. L. Villalba (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 68'Attempt blocked. K. Toledo (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 71'Substitution, Santos: G. Bontempo comes on for B. Rollheiser.
- 71'Substitution, Santos: G. Menino comes on for I. Vinícius.
- 76'Corner, Botafogo.
- 77'Substitution, Botafogo: K. Barría comes on for K. Toledo.
- 77'Attempt saved. Rony (Santos), header. xG 0.11.
- 78'Substitution, Botafogo: Edenilson comes on for L. Emanuel.
- 78'Yellow card for N. Ferraresi (Botafogo).
- 79'Attempt saved. Rony (Santos), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 80'Attempt blocked. K. Barría (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 80'Attempt saved. L. Villalba (Botafogo), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 81'Corner, Botafogo.
- 84'Corner, Botafogo.
- 86'Substitution, Botafogo: M. Ponte comes on for Vitinho.
- 86'Substitution, Botafogo: Marçal comes on for A. Telles.
- 87'Attempt blocked. Nadson (Santos), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 87'Corner, Santos.
- 88'Attempt blocked. G. Menino (Santos), right-footed shot. xG 0.20.
- 88'Attempt missed. L. Veríssimo (Santos), header from a corner. xG 0.58.
- 88'Attempt saved. L. Veríssimo (Santos), header from a corner. xG 0.33.
- 88'Attempt saved. G. Bontempo (Santos), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 89'Attempt missed. L. Veríssimo (Santos), header from a throw-in. xG 0.08.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+5'Yellow card for K. Barría (Botafogo).
- 90+5'Goal! Botafogo 2-1 Santos. K. Barría (Botafogo) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Botafogo 2-1 Santos.