Botafogo PB met Maringa in the Second Stage of Serie C on 26 September 2026, and the match ended 0:0. Both sides had chances but neither could find the net. The result keeps Botafogo top of the table with 33 points, while Maringa remain fourth on 30 points.
And here's the thing — it was a tight affair from the start. Saimon picked up a yellow card in the fourth minute, and Maringa's Ronald Camarao was cautioned just before the break. There was a substitution at half-time when Dudu Hatamoto came on, and Patric Calmon followed after 60 minutes. The game settled into a rhythm neither team could break.
By then, the statistics told a familiar story. Both teams had 50% possession. Botafogo registered 114 attacks and 10 corners, while Maringa managed 95 attacks and 5 corners. The hosts had one shot on target against seven off target; Maringa failed to test their keeper at all. You can have the numbers, but they don't always tell you what happened out there.
Substitutions kept coming. Edison Negueba entered at 68 minutes, followed by Jhonata Varela and Kayon together at 73. Jhow Alecxander and Paulinho came on at 76, and Ronald Camarao was replaced by Caique Calito in the 87th minute. The game opened up a bit, but the final whistle blew without goals.
Three more yellow cards appeared before full time — Caique Calito and Luiz Daniel at 83, Lucas Bonifacio at 85, and Diogo Mateus in stoppage time. Five cards between them, and still nothing to separate the sides. It was a match decided by moments that never quite arrived.
We had given a prediction for this fixture — a home win for Botafogo with 46% confidence. That didn't materialise. Maringa, who had beaten them 2:0 just a week earlier, showed they could hold their ground again. The gap between first and fourth remains three points, and both teams know there is more to come.
