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Victor Dias - August 20, 2023
Botafogo vs Defensa y Justicia Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday, 23 August 2023.
Botafogo won by 2-1 on aggregate against Guarani in the round of 16 of this competition. They are at the top of the table in their domestic league and will take on Defensa y Justicia in the quarter-final of Copa Sudamericana.
At the same time, Defensa y Justicia defeated Emelec by 1-0 in the second leg last time. Since the beginning of this month, they have played in two matches in this competition. They have a good record in various cup competitions this year.
The past records show that the hosts have won the last two meetings against this team. These two teams last met in February 2019 and Botafogo won that game by scoring three goals. Do note that both teams will be playing against each other for the third time.
The chances are high that Botafogo will win this game. They are at the top of the table in Serie A with an excellent winning record. At the same time, the visitors have won just two away games in the last two months.
The hosts have scored at least two goals in their last three home matches. On top of that, Defensa y Justicia scored two goals against Emelec. Thus, it will be wise to back over 2.5 goals criteria for this game.
The hosts have a 100% unbeaten record at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos in the last five months in all competitions. You back the following, as the first tip is that Botafogo will win this game– the odd for this tip will be priced at 3.60 odd.
Moving on, our second tip for this game is that over 2.5 goals will be scored– the odd for this tip will be at 2.20 odd. The main reason for this tip is that both teams are in good goal-scoring form. The host have scored plenty of goals in their last three matches at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos.
