📋 Rudderless, Botafogo name line-up; Inter look to avoid bottom four | OneFootball

This Saturday (25), at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), Botafogo and Internacional face off at Mané Garrincha Stadium in the opening match of the 13th round of the 2026 Brasileirão.

Amid a serious political crisis behind the scenes at the club, which culminated in John Textor being removed from the management of the SAF, Glorioso is fighting to keep its internal problems from “spilling onto the pitch.”

In the standings, the Lone Star team sits in ninth place with 16 points.

Colorado, meanwhile, is languishing in 14th place with 13 points and does not want to risk ending the round in the relegation zone, with Corinthians “right at the door” on 12 points.

Santos and Cruzeiro have the same 13 points as the team from Rio Grande do Sul, but a worse goal difference (-2 x -3 x -5), and are therefore in 15th and 16th place, respectively.

Compared to the last match (a 1-0 win over Chapecoense in the Copa do Brasil), coach Franclim Carvalho opted to bring in Barboza, Alex Telles, Medina, Edenilson, and Arthur Cabral in place of Bastos, Caio Roque, Allan, Montoro, and Kadir Barria, respectively, for Botafogo.

As for Inter, coming off a 2-1 win over Athletic-MG, also in the national tournament, coach Paulo Pezzolano chose to start Victor Gabriel and Carbonero in place of Gabriel Mercado and Alan Patrick, respectively.

📋 See Botafogo's lineup

📋 See Internacional's lineup

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