Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders Prediction, 9:00 a.m. June 16: Home team helpless?

TPO - Football prediction Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders, FIFA Club World Cup 2025 at 09:00 on June 16 - information on forces, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. With home field advantage, but Seattle Sounders will hardly create a surprise against Botafogo.

Pre-match review Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders will not be competing in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup as hosts USA, like Inter Miami, but they will have the advantage of playing at Lumen Field for all three group stage matches. However, that advantage will hardly bridge the gap between them and their opponents in Group B.

In the opening match, Seattle Sounders will face the opponent considered the "lightest" in Group B, Botafogo. This will be the match that decides the chances of both teams advancing, because the two remaining names in this group are PSG and Atletico Madrid.

The Seattle Sounders have had a poor start to the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, losing back-to-back games to Minnesota and Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS. The 2022 CONCACAF Champions League champions have not been themselves. In MLS 2025, they are 6th in the Western Conference after 18 games, with an equal number of goals scored and conceded (25).

Meanwhile, Botafogo are the reigning Copa Libertadores champions after a 3-1 win over Atlético Mineiro in the final last November. They also won the Brazilian championship and have strengthened their squad considerably for this tournament. During the special FIFA transfer window, Botafogo successfully recruited goalkeeper Christian Loor, defender Kaio Fernando, midfielder Alvaro Montoro, and strikers Arthur Cabral and Joaquin Correa. This gives coach Renato Paiva a lot of options and is ready to create a surprise in the US.

In addition to the trademark solid defence of South American football, Botafogo are setting themselves apart thanks to their prolific strikers, with Igor Jesus the standout. According to Opta, Igor has had 35 shots for Botafogo in the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro, 18 more than any of his teammates. He also had twice as many shots on target (14) as any Botafogo player, while leading in xG (2.47) and touches in the opposition box (55).

Predicted lineup Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders

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

Seattle Sounders: Frei; A. Roldan, Ragen, Bell, Tolo; Vargas, C. Roldan; De la Vega, Rusnak, Kent; Ferreira

Score prediction: Botafogo 2-1 Seattle Sounders

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