Botafogo V Seattle Sounders Match Overview
MLS Side Seattle Sounders will target his very first victory in the competition when they face the Brazilian champions in title Botafogo during the opening match of the FIFA 2025 club World Cup for the two teams on Monday.
“It’s a tournament with all the best world teams, so it’s quite exciting,” said Sounders winger Ryan Kent, who joined the team in March.
“If you want to win trophies, you have to approach each match as if it was a final. You have to define a good tempo at the start of the tournament and take a good start, showing other teams that you are not only there to participate.”
With matches against European giants, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain to come in group B, there could be a particular imperative on the two teams to win the Lumen Field Home in Seattle.
The Sounders had had nine unbeaten games at home in all the competitions since the start of the season – including six victories – before a 3-2 defeat against the High -Flyers of the Western Conference Minnesota United on June 1.
Botafogo only suffered five defeats on their way to finish six points above Palmeiras in second position in Serie last year, but the Rio team was beaten three times in its 11 league games in 2025, winning five.
Manager Renato Paiva took over on February 28 after the release of his Portuguese compatriot Artur Jorge for the Qatari Al-Rayyan team and his team conceded the least goals from any Brazilian high flight team apart from Flamengo leaders.
They were on an impressive series of six victories and a defeat in their last eight games, including victories on CEARA, Santos and – despite their reduction to 10 players – the Universidad club in Chile in their last three.
“We cannot just think of PSG or Atletico of Madrid and to forget Seattle,” Captain Marlon Freitas told FIFA. “They dream, just like us.
“The first game is where you start to gain confidence. This is the game where you need to feel this atmosphere of the tournament.
“We are going to be together, with the family, to take this first step … qualification. Having a good first game is very important if you want to move forward with confidence and have a big tournament. ”
Standards V Seattle Team News
Botafogo spent more than 19 million pounds Sterling during the special transfer window for the club team teams, signing goalkeeper Christian Loor, defender Kaio Fernando, midfielder Alvaro Montoro and attackers Arthur Cabral and Joaquin Correa.
The winger Matheus Martins returns in great shape after an injury to the left thigh and is unlikely to appear after having lacked two days of training.
Central veteran defender Kim Kee-Hee is in the running to return from an injury to Seattle, while head coach Brian Schmetzer said that striker Jordan Morris “is close” to a return following a problem with the hamstrings.
The problem of the calf of the defender of Colombia Yeimar Gomez Andrade means that Jackson Ragen and Jon Bell could be the only central defenders entirely entirely in the shape of Schmetzer, according to Stern at Heart.
Botafogo V Seattle Sounders Team News awaits the ranges
Botafogo start -up XI: John; Vitinha, Jair, Ricardo, such; Arthur, Freitas, Gregore, Savarino; Jesus, cross
Seattle Start XI: Bell; Kossa-Renzi, Ragen, Bell, Tolo; C. Rold, Vargas; from Vega, Russ, Rothoch; Fairy
How to watch Botafogo V Seattle: live broadcast, television channel
Monday’s kick -off is at 3:00 am BST, with live coverage on Dazn.
DAZN subscribers or freemium member can connect in their existing membership, while uninvited people can register for a free account to start watching.
Fans can look on the move via the DAZN application on smart televisions, phones, tablets, game consoles and streaming devices.
