Serie A: Palmeiras believed to overpower Bahia

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Parque (43600 seats)

Serie A: Top-drawer vs below average, at least that's what the table says. Palmeiras - Bahia. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals (47) in Serie A

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Palmeiras and Bahia.

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Palmeiras form and stats

Palmeiras are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Allianz Parque. 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

The Palmeiras goalkeeper Weverton Pereira da Silva is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.

Palmeiras's last game was hosting Sao Paulo (placed 10th) and winning 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Palmeiras played a great game against Sao Paulo and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Defender Piquerez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 9.33/10. Piquerez scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Coritiba.

It should be added that a glance at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Palmeiras are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Botafogo awaits in four days.

Palmeiras have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Parque with 25 goals in 14 league matches. Palmeiras have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bahia form and stats

There's been little loot from Bahia's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Serie A. Bahia only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Bahia lost away at Cruzeiro (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Attacker Biel got a player rating of 6.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Biel hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Bahia secured a home win against Fortaleza with the score 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fluminense in just three days.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Bahia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other previously this season, with the final score Bahia - Palmeiras 1-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palmeiras three wins, six draws and Bahia one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
7 goals
BahiaE. Stum
E. Stum
6 goals
PalmeirasE. Moreira de Sousa
E. Moreira de Sousa
5 goals

Palmeiras missing players

Bahia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Palmeiras Bahia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 15 29
14 9 3 Won W 0 3 9
8 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
7 3 1 Lost L 4 9 13
47 25 6 Scored S 1 14 37
24 12 3 Conceded C 8 26 41
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
69% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 72%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 52%
28% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 24%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
48% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 48%
38% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 28%
24% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 60% 34%
 
6.5 7.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 5.7
3.8 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.5 4.9
2.6 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
15.8 17.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.5 13.6
5.3 6 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 4.6
31% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 21% 28%
 
11.2 8.6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13.7 12.4
4 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.1 5.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals (47) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 28 18 5 5 45 18 14 11 2 1 29 7 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 59
2 Bragantino 29 14 10 5 41 26 15 9 4 2 23 10 14 5 6 3 18 16 15 52
3 Palmeiras 29 14 8 7 47 24 14 9 2 3 25 12 15 5 6 4 22 12 23 50
4 Flamengo 29 14 8 7 43 34 13 7 4 2 18 9 16 7 4 5 25 25 9 50
5 Atletico PR 29 13 9 7 44 34 15 9 5 1 28 17 14 4 4 6 16 17 10 48
6 Gremio 29 14 5 10 46 42 15 11 2 2 30 14 14 3 3 8 16 28 4 47
7 Atlético Mineiro 29 13 7 9 34 23 14 6 3 5 16 13 15 7 4 4 18 10 11 46
8 Fluminense 29 13 6 10 42 38 16 11 4 1 28 14 13 2 2 9 14 24 4 45
9 Fortaleza 28 12 6 10 33 29 14 8 4 2 23 13 14 4 2 8 10 16 4 42
10 Sao Paulo 29 10 8 11 34 34 15 10 2 3 26 13 14 0 6 8 8 21 0 38
11 Cuiaba 29 10 7 12 30 32 15 4 6 5 18 17 14 6 1 7 12 15 -2 37
12 Cruzeiro 29 9 10 10 28 24 15 4 5 6 9 11 14 5 5 4 19 13 4 37
13 Corinthians 29 8 12 9 35 36 14 5 8 1 21 14 15 3 4 8 14 22 -1 36
14 Internacional 28 9 8 11 30 33 14 7 3 4 22 15 14 2 5 7 8 18 -3 35
15 Bahia 29 9 7 13 37 41 14 6 4 4 23 15 15 3 3 9 14 26 -4 34
16 Goias 29 7 10 12 31 43 14 4 6 4 17 20 15 3 4 8 14 23 -12 31
17 Vasco da Gama 28 8 6 14 28 39 14 6 2 6 16 15 14 2 4 8 12 24 -11 30
18 Santos 28 8 6 14 31 52 14 5 5 4 23 22 14 3 1 10 8 30 -21 30
19 Coritiba 28 5 5 18 29 59 14 3 3 8 14 22 14 2 2 10 15 37 -30 20
20 America Mineiro 29 4 7 18 33 60 14 4 1 9 14 25 15 0 6 9 19 35 -27 19

Table
  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 28 18 5 5 45 18 14 11 2 1 29 7 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 59
2 Bragantino 29 14 10 5 41 26 15 9 4 2 23 10 14 5 6 3 18 16 15 52
3 Palmeiras 29 14 8 7 47 24 14 9 2 3 25 12 15 5 6 4 22 12 23 50
4 Flamengo 29 14 8 7 43 34 13 7 4 2 18 9 16 7 4 5 25 25 9 50
5 Atletico PR 29 13 9 7 44 34 15 9 5 1 28 17 14 4 4 6 16 17 10 48
6 Gremio 29 14 5 10 46 42 15 11 2 2 30 14 14 3 3 8 16 28 4 47
7 Atlético Mineiro 29 13 7 9 34 23 14 6 3 5 16 13 15 7 4 4 18 10 11 46
8 Fluminense 29 13 6 10 42 38 16 11 4 1 28 14 13 2 2 9 14 24 4 45
9 Fortaleza 28 12 6 10 33 29 14 8 4 2 23 13 14 4 2 8 10 16 4 42
10 Sao Paulo 29 10 8 11 34 34 15 10 2 3 26 13 14 0 6 8 8 21 0 38
11 Cuiaba 29 10 7 12 30 32 15 4 6 5 18 17 14 6 1 7 12 15 -2 37
12 Cruzeiro 29 9 10 10 28 24 15 4 5 6 9 11 14 5 5 4 19 13 4 37
13 Corinthians 29 8 12 9 35 36 14 5 8 1 21 14 15 3 4 8 14 22 -1 36
14 Internacional 28 9 8 11 30 33 14 7 3 4 22 15 14 2 5 7 8 18 -3 35
15 Bahia 29 9 7 13 37 41 14 6 4 4 23 15 15 3 3 9 14 26 -4 34
16 Goias 29 7 10 12 31 43 14 4 6 4 17 20 15 3 4 8 14 23 -12 31
17 Vasco da Gama 28 8 6 14 28 39 14 6 2 6 16 15 14 2 4 8 12 24 -11 30
18 Santos 28 8 6 14 31 52 14 5 5 4 23 22 14 3 1 10 8 30 -21 30
19 Coritiba 28 5 5 18 29 59 14 3 3 8 14 22 14 2 2 10 15 37 -30 20
20 America Mineiro 29 4 7 18 33 60 14 4 1 9 14 25 15 0 6 9 19 35 -27 19

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.