Botafogo meets Internacional on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 18:30 at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília, with the sides facing off in the 13th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The match is being played away from Nilton Santos because of a Weeknd concert scheduled there on Sunday.
Botafogo enters the night unbeaten in seven games this season and riding three straight wins across the Sul-Americana, the Brasileirão and the Copa do Brasil. Alexander Barboza traveled with the delegation and is expected to start, while Vitinho, Cristian Medina and Júnior Santos are all one yellow card away from missing next Saturday’s match against Remo at Nilton Santos.
That is the kind of risk Botafogo can carry only because its form has been steady enough to absorb it. Igor Jesus summed up the mood around the squad by saying he had only Botafogo on his mind and did not think twice.
International arrives in Brasília in 14th place with 13 points and with its own problems to manage. Gabriel Mercado is out with a right thigh adductor injury, while Rochet and Ronaldo remain unavailable. Matheus Bahia does return after recovering from a left thigh injury, giving the visitors one more option as they try to climb the table.
The broader picture around Botafogo is that the club’s SAF background has been in ebulição, but the team has kept producing results on the field. Saturday’s game will be shown exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, with Fernando Antonio Mendes de Salles Nascimento Filho in charge as referee, assisted by Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos and Acacio Menezes Leão, and Heber Roberto Lopes on VAR.
For Botafogo, the night is about extending a run that has already lasted seven games and protecting bodies and cards before Remo arrives next weekend. For Internacional, it is another chance to pull itself out of 14th place before the season starts to tighten around the teams stuck in the middle.