Botafogo 2-1 Santos — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Brazil - Serie A, 17 Jul 2026

📅17/07/2026 · 🕒01:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
2.12
Draw
27%
3.28
Away
26%
3.02
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
1.9
Over 2.5
50%
1.82
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.7
No
46%
2.03
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
28%
3.21
2-3 Goals
41%
1.75
4-5 Goals
20%
3.41
6+ Goals
11%
13.25
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
25%
3.04
1/2
7%
32.5
1/X
5%
12.65
X/1
15%
5.0
X/2
8%
6.66
X/X
14%
4.61
2/1
7%
25.0
2/2
11%
4.74
2/X
8%
13.2
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
43%
+3.6pp
27%
Draw
27%
+0.0pp
26%
Away Win
30%
-3.6pp
50%
Under 2.5
49%
+1.0pp
50%
Over 2.5
51%
-1.0pp
54%
BTTS Yes
55%
-0.8pp
46%
BTTS No
45%
+0.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
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.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Botafogo EU Bookmakers 47%
Head to Head
AWAY Santos EU Bookmakers 33%
+3% / +7% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -12%
1.56/1.06 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.11/1.44
+24% / -15% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -13% / -24%
44% Ball Possession 56%
14 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 5
295 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 430 · 83%
23.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.6
21.0 Crosses 21.1
2.3 Yellow Cards 2.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Botafogo
2W-3D-1L
AWAY Santos
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.18 xG 0.92
56% Ball Possession 44%
17 Total Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
394 Passes 286
85% Pass Accuracy 80%
22 Box Touches 14
18 Crosses 14
2 Yellow Cards 3
26.10.2025 Botafogo Botafogo 2-2 HT 2-1 Santos Santos BR1
01.06.2025 Santos Santos 0-1 HT 0-0 Botafogo Botafogo BR1
26.11.2023 Botafogo Botafogo 1-1 HT 1-0 Santos Santos BR1
23.07.2023 Santos Santos 2-2 HT 1-0 Botafogo Botafogo BR1
11.11.2022 Botafogo Botafogo 3-0 HT 1-0 Santos Santos BR1
21.07.2022 Santos Santos 2-0 HT 1-0 Botafogo Botafogo BR1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Botafogo
2-1
AWAY Santos
2.97 xG 2.63
17 Total Shots 21
6 Shots on Target 9
5 Corners 6
301 Passes 325
21 Box Touches 24
22 Crosses 11
4 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Botafogo vs Santos
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Botafogo nicked a narrow win over Santos 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Botafogo as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 54%.

On the day, shots finished 17-21, expected goals 2.97 to 2.63.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Botafogo had the better of it with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Botafogo and 1.17 for Santos.

What was the final score of Botafogo vs Santos?

Botafogo 2-1 Santos in the Brazil - Serie A on 17/07/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Botafogo vs Santos?

Before kick-off our model rated a Botafogo win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Botafogo 47%, draw 27%, Santos 26%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Botafogo), BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Botafogo) ✓ BTTS Yes
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