Atletico Madrid vs Botafogo Prediction, 2:00 a.m. June 24: Simeone and his team face 'death's door'

TPO - Football prediction Atletico vs Botafogo, FIFA Club World Cup 2025 at 2:00 a.m. on June 24 - information on forces, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. Atletico must beat Botafogo or say goodbye to the FIFA Club World Cup early from the group stage.

Atletico face tough challenge.

Prediction before the match Atletico Madrid vs Botafogo

In their most recent match at the FIFA Club World Cup, Atletico beat Seattle 3-1. That victory helped Simeone's team dispel the tension after losing 0-4 to PSG in the opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup. From here, Atletico revived their hope of advancing to the group stage, provided they had a big win in the final match to decide their own fate.

But how Atletico can beat Botafogo is not an easy challenge. The representative of the Brazilian National Championship became a phenomenon of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup after defeating PSG in the previous match. Botafogo also finished Seattle, so they have 6 points after 2 matches and they are the team with the best chance of advancing in Group B.

In this year's tournament, South American clubs have been a constant nightmare for the rest. Botafogo's squad has some familiar players like Alex Telles, Allan and the rest are little-known Brazilian players. Botafogo have shown some annoyingly disciplined football, only having 25% possession against PSG but allowing their opponents only 2 shots on target.

Botafogo only need one more point to secure top spot and progress. They will continue to play defensively, ensuring a clean sheet as they did against PSG. Meanwhile, Atletico's task is much more difficult because they must win big to overcome Botafogo, and at the same time, they do not care about the result of the remaining match.

Atletico entered the FIFA Club World Cup in poor form. Simeone's team seemed exhausted after a stressful season, and both Atletico's defense and attack were having problems.

Form, head to head record Atletico Madrid vs Botafogo

Botafogo are on a five-match winning streak in all competitions. Atletico found inspiration with a win over Seattle in the second round of the FIFA Club World Cup group stage, as coach Simeome made some sensible changes to the squad. Griezmann was benched after a poor performance against PSG. Koke returned and contributed a lot to Atletico's play.

Team information Atletico Madrid vs Botafogo

Atletico welcomes Lenglet back after suspension. However, coach Simeone is likely to continue using the central defender pair Gimenez and Le Normand. Whether Simeone will bring Griezmann back for the "life-or-death" match or not is the biggest question mark before this match for the red half of Madrid.

Botafogo has the strongest squad and with their current form, there is no reason for the Brazilian representative to make personnel adjustments.

Expected lineup:

Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Molina, Le Normand, Gimenez, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Koke, Barrios; Griezmann, Alvarez.

Botafogo: John; Vitinho, Cunha, Barboza, Telles; Gregore, Allan, Freitas; Artur, Jesus, Savarino.

Score prediction: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Botafogo.

Watch FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ live and exclusively in Vietnam on FPT Play, with the support of Budweiser - Global Sponsor of the tournament and Samsung AI TV brand, visit http://fptplay.vn

Huong Ly

Source: https://tienphong.vn/nhan-dinh-atletico-madrid-vs-botafogo-2h00-ngay-246-thay-tro-simeone-doi-dien-cua-tu-post1753607.tpo