Coritiba vs Botafogo 1-1

Botafogo left Curitiba with a point after Coritiba came from two down to draw 1-1 at Estádio Couto Pereira. The visitors led through Marçal's own goal in the 22nd minute and Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira's strike on 34 minutes, before Coritiba levelled after the break.

The first goal came on 22 minutes when Marçal put through his own net. Botafogo then had a goal by Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira ruled out by VAR in the 26th minute, before he restored the lead on 34 minutes from Cristian Medina's assist to make it 0-2. Coritiba went into half-time 0-2 behind.

Coritiba changed things with two substitutions on 56 minutes, sending on Nicolas Fonseca for Thiago Santos and Tinga for Fabricio Bustos, both of whom had been booked before the interval. Another double change followed on 64 minutes, with Rodrigo Silva Nascimento replacing Felipe Jonatan and Breno Lopes coming on for Joaquin Lavega. Botafogo then made two changes on 77 minutes, and Coritiba were finally rewarded when they levelled later in the half, though the timeline does not record a scorer for the equaliser.

The numbers pointed to a tight match. Botafogo had 57% possession and 440 passes to Coritiba's 339, and also had more shots, 18 to 13, and more shots on target, 5 to 3. Coritiba still finished with more corners, 8 to 7, and a slightly higher xG at 1.13 to 0.93. Botafogo had 4 saves to Coritiba's 3, while Coritiba committed 16 fouls and Botafogo 13.

Discipline was busy, with Coritiba shown five yellow cards and Botafogo two. Coritiba's bookings went to Fabricio Bustos in the 45th minute, Sebastián Gómez in the 45+4th, Thiago Santos in the 52nd, Tiago Coser in the 66th and Rodrigo Silva Nascimento in the 88th. Botafogo's cautions were Allan on 45 minutes and Marçal on 66 minutes.