Loyal fans at Arena Fonte Nova haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Bahia lying uncomfortably in the 16th place. The opposing Internacional will attempt to shield their higher league position in this game.
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals (23) in Serie A
These teams have little in common geographically as Internacional have to travel 3100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This promises to be an exciting fixture with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Bahia form and stats
Bahia have played 12 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Bahia are returning here after visiting Goiás and winning with a 6-4 scoreline. Everaldo, Biel, Ratão and Gilberto scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Bahia, with a total of 10 goals in the match against Goiás. Fun stuff to watch! What a game it was for Everaldo when beating Goiás, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The versatile forward Everaldo outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 9.85 out of 10. Everaldo scored three goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Flamengo.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bahia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fortaleza are coming to town in three days.
The Bahia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Bahia have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Internacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Internacional so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-6 (win-draw-lose).
Internacional go into this game after a win, the home game against Gremio that ended 3-2. Midfielder Patrick was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Patrick scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).
The fixture before that was the Copa Libertadores-duel against Fluminense, a home loss (1-2). We have checked recent matches where Internacional have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
After this away game Internacional return home for a Serie A game against Santos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Internacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Internacional have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent games involving these teams have all finished as Internacional victories. Another one?Bahia and Internacional have faced each other earlier this season: Internacional - Bahia 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 6 goals |  G. Teixeira Aragão 4 goals |   W. Maciel Sousa Campos 4 goals |
Bahia missing players
Internacional missing players
| Bahia | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 34 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 38 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| 88% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 77% | 81% |
| 73% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 69% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 38% |
| 27% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 54% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 23% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 35% | 8% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 46% | 42% |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.8 | 16.1 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 18% | 23% |
| 12.5 | 11 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 14.7 | 13 |
| 5.6 | 4.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Internacional have scored away.
- Internacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals (23) in Serie A
- Internacional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 55 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 46 |
| 3 | Gremio | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 44 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Atletico PR | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Atlético Mineiro | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Internacional | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Santos | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 16 | Bahia | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 28 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 27 |
| 18 | Goiás | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 27 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -25 | 20 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | -25 | 18 |
