Santos vs Botafogo predictions for Wednesday’s Brazilian Serie A clash. Botafogo will be looking to continue their strong run of recent results against the out of form Santos. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.

Wednesday’s Brazilian Serie A action sees a Santos outfit in terrible form going up against a confident Botafogo outfit. The visitors will be looking for another strong performance to maintain their excellent form that has seen them surge into the top half.

Santos themselves are not in such strong form and their season looks to be ending in very disappointing fashion. Peixe had at one point looked like salvaging a Copa Libertadores place but 4 consecutive defeats to Palmeiras, Chapecoense, Flamengo and America Mineiro respectively have ended said hopes and they’ll now end the season in mid-table.

Whilst that’s better than the relegation scrap they appeared involved in early on in the campaign, it’s still been a poor campaign overall and pressure is starting to mount on boss Cuca. At the weekend, Santos were second best by quite some margin against an America Mineiro side currently in the relegation zone and the hosts have looked well below par in recent weeks, leaving confidence low coming into this one.

Meanwhile, Botafogo have hit form at just the right time, pulling clear of relegation danger with 4 consecutive wins over Corinthians, Flamengo, Chapecoense and Internacional. Ze Ricardo’s troops had been under big pressure but have lifted it with their strong recent results, now standing pretty in 9th, having leapfrogged their opponents here in the process of taking up said position.

What’s been most impressive about Botafogo’s upturn in performance has undoubtedly been their substantial improvement in defensive lines. They’ve conceded just a single goal during their 4 victories and if they can keep things tight at the back once again at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira on Wednesday, they’ll be confident of taking a strong result home with them.

Ultimately, Santos have been playing very poorly in recent weeks and the fact that 2 of their defeats have came against sides currently in the drop zone is only all the more concerning. Now facing one of Serie A’s form teams, the host’s prospects don’t look too bright ahead of kick off.

As such, backing Botafogo on the double chance line looks to provide excellent value and is something we’re more than happy to have a play on. In their current shape, we just cannot envisage Botafogo losing this game and although a draw isn’t out of the question, we think they’ll run out 1-0 winners, a scoreline by which they’ve won 3 of their last 4 matches.

The sides drew 0-0 earlier on in the season whilst Botafogo beat Santos 2-0 in September of last year. Santos did win this fixture 1-0 last season, however.

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