Cruzeiro vs Botafogo Prediction — Model Probabilities
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
Cruzeiro v Botafogo — Team-Based Signals
Cruzeiro vs Botafogo Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
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Cruzeiro 2-2 Botafogo — Actual Match Statistics
Cruzeiro and Botafogo shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.
Our pre-match lean was Cruzeiro at 48%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (58%) — went the other way, though.
On the day, Cruzeiro had 43% of the ball to Botafogo's 57%, shots finished 10-8, expected goals 1.73 to 1.73.
For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cruzeiro had the better of it with 3 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Cruzeiro and 0.33 for Botafogo.
What was the final score of Cruzeiro vs Botafogo?
Cruzeiro 2-2 Botafogo in the Brazil - Serie A on 05/12/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
What did the model predict for Cruzeiro vs Botafogo?
Before kick-off our model rated a Cruzeiro win the most likely single outcome at about 48%, with the full match-result split Cruzeiro 48%, draw 31%, Botafogo 22%. The final score 2-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.