Botafogo beat Mirassol, climb out of the Brasileirão bottom four | OneFootball

Botafogo defeated Mirassol 3-2 on Wednesday night in a match valid for the ninth round of the Brazilian Championship. Arthur Cabral, Alex Telles, and Júnior Santos scored for Glorioso at Nilton Santos, while Shaylon and Igor Formiga pulled goals back for the team from São Paulo.

Standings situation

With the result, Botafogo moved out of the relegation zone and climbed to 12th place with nine points. Meanwhile, Mirassol remains in the drop zone in 19th place, with six points.

📋 Match summary

⚫ BOTAFOGO 3 x 2 MIRASSOL 🟡

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship 🏟️ Venue: Nilton Santos 📅 Date: April 1, 2026 (Wednesday) ⏰ Kickoff time: 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: Cristian Medina, Bastos and Vitinho (Botafogo); Lucas Oliveira, Negueba and Tiquinho Soares (Mirassol) 🟥 Red cards: None

Officials

Goals

⚫ Botafogo

Raúl; Vitinho, Bastos, Justino and Alex Telles (Caio Roque); Allan, Medina (Montoro) and Edenílson (Ferraresi); Santi Rodríguez (Barrera), Júnior Santos and Arthur Cabral (Matheus Martins) Coach: Rodrigo Bellão

🟡 Mirassol

Walter; Formiga, João Victor, Willian Machado and Victor Luís; José Aldo (André Luis), Neto Moura (Gabriel Pires) and Shaylon (Denilson); Negueba (Galeano), Alesson and Tiquinho Soares (Edson Carioca) Coach: Rafael Guanaes

How the match unfolded

Just four minutes in, Júnior Santos had a chance to shoot from inside the box, but missed the target and even appealed for a penalty. However, the referee let play continue. In the eighth minute, José Aldo responded for Mirassol with a long-range strike that was saved by Raúl. Then, in the 12th minute, Edenílson passed to Arthur Cabral, who controlled it outside the box and finished precisely to score a superb goal and open the scoring for Glorioso.

Soon after, Mirassol found the equalizer. In the 20th minute, Shaylon pounced on the loose ball after a corner and struck firmly from outside the area to beat goalkeeper Raúl and level the score. Botafogo players appealed for another penalty in the 37th minute, when Medina challenged Walter for the ball and ended up on the ground. After a VAR review, the penalty was awarded, and Alex Telles converted it to put Glorioso back in front.

In the second half, in the 14th minute, Negueba sent in a corner and Tiquinho Soares rose to head it into the net, but the goal was disallowed for a foul by the forward on Edenílson. Six minutes later, Edenílson broke forward on the left in a counterattack and squared it to the edge of the six-yard box for Júnior Santos to tap in and extend the lead for the Rio side. In stoppage time, in the 47th minute, Gabriel Pires swung in a corner and Negueba rose to head accurately, pulling one back for Mirassol.

Next match

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