With 47 points achieved in the 19th round, Botafogo leads the Brasileirão Assaí with a lot of clearance. The walk towards the title reached half this weekend, with the end of the 1st round of the competition for the club from Rio de Janeiro.
By defeating Internacional 3-1 this Saturday (12), Glorioso equaled the mark of Corinthians, Brazilian champions of 2017, who won 47 points in 19 rounds and secured the title that year with three games to go in the championship.
It is the highest score by a club since the 20-club points system was instituted in 2006.
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In these 18 editions from 2006 to 2023, nine of the leaders by the end of the 1st round had scored 40 points or more. These are the cases of São Paulo in 2007 and 2018 (40 and 41, respectively), Grêmio in 2008 (41), Atlético-MG in 2012 (43), Cruzeiro in 2013 and 2014 (40 and 43, respectively), Corinthians in 2015 and 2017 (40 and 47, respectively) and Flamengo in 2019 (42).
Of these, they confirmed the good campaign with the title at the end of the championship: São Paulo in 2007, Cruzeiro in 2013 and 2014, Corinthians in 2015 and 2017, and Flamengo in 2019.
The year 2012 presented a different case. Fluminense, which became the champion, was in second place in the first round and had 42 points until then.
CORINTHIANS X BOTAFOGO
In this cut, Botafogo had a slightly different campaign from Corinthians. The team from São Paulo ended the 19 rounds undefeated in 2017, with 14 wins and five draws. The club from Rio, in turn, had 15 wins, two draws and two defeats.
Defense was one of the strengths of Botafogo and Corinthians, who conceded 11 and nine goals, respectively. As for the number of goals, Botafogo scored 35 and Corinthians, 32.
In charge of the attack, Jô for Corinthians led the artillery in 2017 until halfway through the championship, with 11 goals, and was the top scorer of the edition, with 18. Now, Tiquinho Soares has already scored for Botafogo 13 times and is five goals ahead of the runners-up, Deyverson and Vitor Roque.
