Matheus Martins scored twice as Botafogo beat Chapecoense 4-1 away in the latest meeting between the clubs, a match that kicked off at 22:00 on Tuesday 21 April.
Botafogo produced the clearer attacking output, winning the shots-on-target battle 7-2 and holding 52% possession, while Edenilson also finished with two goals and Marcinho scored Chapecoense's lone strike. Botafogo deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation against Chapecoense's 4-4-2.
The OneFootball report highlighted Martins' impact: a low finish in the 14th minute and a second strike in the 80th minute. The same report credited Martins with two goals, four shots on target, three key passes and 20 successful final-third passes, and said the win lifted Botafogo from 11th to 7th in the Brasileirão.
On the numbers used in the betting preview that tracked the fixture, Botafogo averaged 1.8 goals from 4.6 shots on goal and 8.8 attempts, while Chapecoense averaged 0.7 goals from 2.8 shots on goal and 8.3 attempts. The preview also listed Botafogo's top scorers as Danilo with four and Edenilson, Matheus Martins and Arthur Cabral with three each, and it noted recent head-to-heads showed Botafogo had won two of the previous three meetings, with one draw and no wins for Chapecoense.
The result carries weight, but it also exposes a fault line. Botafogo's form line cited in the build-up was four wins, five losses and one draw — an inconsistent record for a side that on Saturday produced a dominant scoreline. Chapecoense's form showed five defeats and five draws in the same dataset, underlining their difficulty turning chances into victories despite occasionally compact displays.
The tension is straightforward: Botafogo can produce high-quality attacking performances — seven shots on target and two multi-goal scorers in this game — yet their season record still reflects volatility. Chapecoense can point to resilience in draws, but their inability to win in recent encounters and to contain opponents at key moments left them exposed here.
Matheus Martins' two strikes and the combined threat of Edenilson give Botafogo a clear attacking template to build on, and the win nudged them up the table. The pressing question now is whether this performance will be the start of a sustained run that turns sporadic firepower into consistent results — or another isolated night that papered over deeper inconsistency.
