This Wednesday (16), in Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo and Vitória face for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship. The teams have had technicians for less than 10 days, but Davide Ancelotti and Fábio Carille, respectively, face different missions and have different goals in Serie A. The ball rolls at 9:30 pm (Brasília) at Nilton Santos.
With a game postponed by the Club World Cup, the round of 21 points in 12 games, such as sixth place. The glorious wants to paste in the first place.
Already Vitória entered the relegation zone after the defeat to Internacional, last Saturday (12). The red-black is in 18th place with 11 points in 13 games and wants to leave the Z4 of the Brasileirão.
Davide Ancelotti debuts as a coach
Last Saturday (12), against Vasco, was in the reserve bench and signed the summary as a goalkeeper coach assistant had not yet been regularized.
Against Vitória, the Italian will make its official debut for Botafogo. It will be the first career match as a coach of a professional team.
The promise on the arrival of Ancelotti is to resume a football “with courage and ambition”, as desired by John Texor and the Italian coach himself.
Botafogo’s likely lineup
Without low on suspension, Davide Ancelotti should repeat the team that beat Vasco 2-0. Bastos, Matheus Martins and Jeffinho, in DM, are the embezzlement at this time.
Reinforcements hired before the Club World Cup, Kaio Fernando, Álvaro Montoro and Arthur Cabral stood out against Vasco and should be kept among the holders.
How Vitória
Coach Fábio Carille will not be able to count on defender Neris, who is in transition, after recovering from muscle injury, nor the left-back Jamerson, who recovers from ankle fracture.
In addition, defender and captain Lucas Halter will not be able to act for contractual reasons, as he is loaned by Botafogo to Vitória. The midfielder Gabriel Baralhas, who received the third yellow card in the game against Inter, will fulfill automatic suspension.
On the other hand, the red-black commander will have midfielder Rúben Rodrigues available. The Portuguese has been regularized and is related to the match. Another novelty is midfielder Felipe Cardoso, who was loaned by Atletico-BA, but was permanently hired.
Botafogo x Vitória
Botafogo
John; Vitinho, Kaio Fernando, Alexander Barboza and Alex Telles; Gregore, Marlon Freitas, Montoro and Savarino; Artur and Arthur Cabral – Technician: Filipe Luís.
Victory
Lucas Archangel; Cáceres, Edu, Zé Marcos and Maykon Jesus; Ricardo Ryller, Willian Oliveira, Ronald, Lucas Braga and Matheusinho; Renato Kayzer – Technician: Fábio Carille.
- Reason: Game of the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship
- Date and Time: July 16, 2025, at 9:30 pm (Brasília)
- Location: Nilton Santos Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
- Referee: Lucas Casagrande (PR)
- Assistants: Bruno Boschilia (PR) and Marcia Bezerra Lopes Caetano (RO)
- Video Referee: Emerson de Almeida Ferreira (MG)
- Where to watch: Globo, Premiere, Sportv and Real Time
