Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas vs Fortaleza Esporte Clube Prediction 10 June 2023

In the tenth round of the Brazilian Serie A, the sensational leaders of the tournament, Botafogo, will face the tough nut to crack, Fortaleza.

Home victories over Corinthians (3:0), Fluminense (1:0) and America MG (2:0), as well as away defeats from Goias (1:2) and Atletico Paranaense (0:1) - as you can see, Botafogo are very dependent on the support of the home crowd. At the moment, Castro's men single-handedly lead the peloton with 21 points and a goal difference of 16:7.

Fortaleza are in ninth place with 14 points and a scored-conceded ratio, showing extremely unspectacular football. In the recent past, the Red-Blues celebrated a victory over Vasco da Gama (2:0), lost 1:2 to America MG, and also had a 0:0 draw with Sao Paulo, 0:0 with Gremio and 0:0 with Bahia.

We don't think that in an away game with the leader of the championship Fortaleza will show bright football in attack. Rather, on the contrary - they will try not to conceded. Given the specifics of the game of both teams, it is unlikely that we will see many goals scored here.