Botafogo RJ vs Seattle Sounders Prediction & Betting Tips (16 June)

This competition may be a great opportunity for John Textor's club to assert his image as long as he lost in the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup in December against Pachuca. Brazil champion in reigning, Botafogo starts this defending campaign of the title in the worst way, already having a lot of lengths behind the best. In the wake of his draw against Flamengo at home 0-0, the winner of Libertadores last year found the taste for victory against Santos 0-1 and Ceara 3-2. Note however that Bota achieved a pretty double last year with the equivalent libertadores of the C1 in Europe and the championship. To evoke the libertadores of this season, Botafogo finished in 2nd place in his group behind student but in front of the Chileans of the Universidad of Chile thanks in particular to his victory against the latter during the final day 1-0. It will therefore evolve in 1/8th finals.

 Titled in MLS in 2019, the Seattle franchise has no longer succeeded in raising the Grail. However, the Sounders are part of this FIFA club World Cup. Their goal? Beat this Botafogo team and consider a miracle against Atlético de Madrid or PSG in order to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition. This new MLS season begins rather well for the Sounders who had chained two beautiful victories at home against Dallas 1-0 and San Diego 1-0. But it was then more complicated during their matches against Minnesota 2-3 and in the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0. 

At Botafogo, three players are likely to miss this opening of competition, in this case Matheus Martins, Bastos and David Ricardo. Replaceable players and finally absent for a while now. Offensively, Igor Jesus (3 achievements) will be good in the group as well as the ghost of injury at the end of May Jefferson Savarino (2 goals, 1 championship pass this season). We must not forget to quote the former resident of the Zénith Artur (1 goal, 3 championship achievements this season) and the ALLAN FRAME COMMIT (ex-Napoli, Everton). The former Lyonnais Jeffinho is uncertain. In recent days, the Brazilians have strengthened with the arrival of the interesting striker Arthur Cabral, passed in particular by La Fiorentina and Benfica. Enorma alert in the workforce of Seattle with the probable absence for injury of the holder central defender, the South Korean Kee-Hee Kim, out of injury against San Diego.

At the infirmary, he had crossed the 30-year-old Paul Arriola (ex-FC Dallas, 5 goals, 6 assists last season with the Texan franchise), the Colombian holder Andrade and Jordan Morris (14 achievements, 5 offerings last season in MLS), all three also injured. The Sounders will however be able to align the Slovak Albert Rusnak (7 achievements, 3 passes in MLS this season) or Danny Musovski (5 goals in MLS this season). The probable compositions for Botafogo - Seattle Sounders: Botafogo: John - Vitinho, Alexander Barboza, Jair, Alex Telles - Marlon Freitas, Gregore - Artur, Savarino, Cuiabano - Igor Jesus (or Arthur Cabral) .Seattle Sounders: Frei - A. Roldan, Gomez, Tolo - C. Roldan, Vargas - de la Vega, Rusnak, Kent - Ferreira.