Internacional vs Botafogo — Brasileirão Série A: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 32′Internacional, goal:1–0assist
- 42′Internacional, goal:2–0
- Half-time2 – 0
- 53′Botafogo, substitution:off
- 53′Botafogo, substitution:off
- 62′Botafogo, yellow card:
- 64′Botafogo, substitution:off
- 64′Botafogo, substitution:off
- 66′Internacional, goal:3–0assist
- 68′Botafogo, substitution:off
- 82′Internacional, substitution:off
- 82′Internacional, substitution:off
- 85′Botafogo, yellow card:
- 86′Internacional, substitution:off
- 90′Internacional, yellow card:
- 90+4′Internacional, substitution:off
- 90+4′Internacional, substitution:off
- Full-time3 – 0
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Match report
Internacional beat Botafogo 3-0 at Estádio Beira Rio
Internacional won 3-0 against Botafogo in Brasileirão Série A on Matchday 32, a result that lifted them from 17th to 16th in the table. The hosts, who had lost their previous game 2-0 at Mirassol, were ahead by the half-hour mark and never allowed the visitors back into the contest at Estádio Beira Rio.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Matheus Bahia opened the scoring in the 32nd minute, converting a chance created by Alerrandro. Ten minutes later Juninho made it 2-0, and Internacional went into the interval with a two-goal cushion. Botafogo, who were managed by Tite, had no reply before the break and finished the game without scoring.
The third goal arrived in the 66th minute, when Alexandro Bernabéi finished after another assist from Alerrandro. Botafogo had the greater share of the ball with 56% possession, but Internacional had 17 shots to 11 and put seven on target to the visitors' four. Botafogo picked up three yellow cards and Internacional none.
Botafogo stayed 11th on 39 points, while Internacional moved to 35 points, four behind them. Internacional next travel to Fluminense on Wednesday in Brasileirão Série A, and Botafogo are also away in the league, at Remo.
Alexandro Bernabéi scored the third goal in the 66th minute and received the highest rating among Internacional's top performers, 7.81. Matheus Bahia, who scored the opener, followed on 7.71.
Botafogo had 56% of the possession but were beaten 17 shots to 11, with Internacional putting seven on target to their four.
Internacional beat Botafogo 3–0 (half-time 2–0).
Internacional met Botafogo in the Brasileirão Série A (Regular Season - 32). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 19:30 UTC at Estádio Beira Rio. Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda. Attendance: 33,406.
Team pages: Internacional · Botafogo · Brasileirão Série A
Key moments
- 32' Goal: Matheus Bahia (assist: Alerrandro) — 1–0
- 42' Goal: Juninho — 2–0
- 66' Goal: Alexandro Bernabéi (assist: Alerrandro) — 3–0
Starting line-ups
Internacional (4-2-3-1)
Botafogo (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Internacional 36%, the draw 33%, Botafogo 31%. It finished Internacional 3–0 Botafogo.
Home advantage edges Internacional ahead of stronger Botafogo — Botafogo sit 46 points higher on our strength rating, but Internacional's usual home advantage, boosted because home sides in Brasileirão Série A do especially well, gives them a slight lean at 36% to 31%. The draw starts at 29% for a gap this size and rises to 33%, lifted by the competition's usual draw rate, typical scoring and a finishing streak.
Why Internacional at 36%?
Home ground, against the rating. Botafogo sit 46 points higher on our strength rating — 1516 to 1470. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.5% of 11,084 such games. Brasileirão Série A home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.4% norm) and away wins (24.9% vs 30.0%). Brasileirão Série A homes won 48.2% of 4,489 games vs 44.6% across all 107,859 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 36%?
Because Botafogo are the stronger side on our strength rating. Botafogo sit -0.44 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 32.0% of 1,642 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Botafogo win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.1%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,297. Brasileirão Série A runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points. The goals environment adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Internacional are 3 games into a new manager (Eduardo Baptista), appointed 16 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Botafogo are 5 games into a new manager (Tite), appointed 37 days ago. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Internacional vs Botafogo final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Brasileirão Série A fixture.
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