Mirassol vs Botafogo RJ — Brazilian Serie A result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Brazilian Serie A·Saturday, 19 September 2026

2 – 0

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 16.4 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Mirassol

46%

pick · result

Draw

27%

Botafogo RJ

27%

Final score

2–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Mirassol win 45.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Mirassol win. Expected goals 1.47–1.19 against 2–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals50%2 scored
Both teams score55%no
Mirassol clean sheet31%yes
Botafogo RJ clean sheet22%no
Mirassol score 2+44%yes
Botafogo RJ score 2+33%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1845
1X2 Brier score0.4415
Probability on the result45.8%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.8%), 1–0 (10.9%), 2–1 (10.8%). It finished 2–0.

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Mirassol

29 JanHvs Vasco2–1W
4 FebAvs Remo2–2D
11 FebHvs Cruzeiro2–2D
11 MarHvs Santos2–2D
15 MarAvs Palmeiras0–1L

Botafogo RJ

30 JanHvs Cruzeiro4–0W
5 FebAvs Gremio3–5L
12 FebAvs Fluminense0–1L
14 MarHvs Flamengo RJ0–3L
18 MarAvs Palmeiras1–2L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatMirassol
(Home · 17 matches)
Botafogo RJ
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate70.6%64.7%
Over 2.5 rate52.9%58.8%
Clean sheet17.6%5.9%
Avg goals2.712.94

Home stats use Mirassol's home record; away stats use Botafogo RJ's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.