Football Bet of the Day: Botafogo look too hot for Fluminense

Tobias Gourlay
Published on 07 Sep 2016 at 11:27

Black & White: Recent records suggest Botafogo should be clearer favourites to win tonight

"Botafogo have scored at least twice in each of their last five home games and can overpower their visitors"

Back Botafogo RJ @ 2.6213/8 to beat Fluminense

The Great Fire are in scorching form and Tobias Gourlay fancies them for another home win tonight

Botafogo RJ v Fluminense
Wednesday 19:00

Sweden 1 Netherlands 1 in Solna last night.

Looking to make it a hat-trick of wins this week, we're off to Brazil for one of this evening's Campeonato matches.

Tenth-placed Botafogo RJ have won at home to eighth-placed Fluminense in each of the last two campaigns and we like the generous price on them completing a hat-trick of their own in Rio tonight.

Jair Ventura's men are unbeaten in eight on home turf, winning each of the last three. The Great Fire have scored at least twice in each of their last five appearances there and can overpower their visitors.

Excluding a couple of wins over the league's bottom two, Levir Culpi's Warriors are W1-D4-L4 on their travels this term. Since 2013, they have lost more than half their trips to teams either currently in the middle third of the league, or who finished there in previous campaigns (W8-D5-L15).

Recommended Bet
Back Botafogo RJ @ 2.6213/8 to beat Fluminense

2016 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 122pts
Returned: 103.53pts
P/L: -18.47pts

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