The league table is allowed to rest as Santos and Bahia battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
Bahia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 Santos and Bahia.
Santos form and stats
Santos participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Santos have collected seven points from their first three Serie A games here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira, a promising start.
Santos are confident in defense, having played 208 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Santos enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Vasco da Gama's place. The match ended 1-0 with Washington scoring. Paulo loved the game against Vasco da Gama. With a stunning nine saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Paulo got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.54 out of ten. Paulo topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Bahia.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 Santos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Santos, as the Serie A home game vs Palmeiras is only three days away.
Santos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Bahia form and stats
Bahia was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the round of 16 last season.Things could have gone better for Bahia in their Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
The manager Paiva was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Arena Fonte Nova. Bahia suffered a 2-3 loss to Flamengo. Midfield player Thaciano was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Thaciano signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
It was a Serie A defeat before that one as the away game against Santos wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.A new game in only three days for Bahia, the Serie A home match versus Goias. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bahia have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Santos wins - draws - Bahia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  ?. Borges Damaceno 2 goals |  J. Mendoza Valencia 2 goals |   G. Teixeira Aragão 2 goals |
Santos missing players
Bahia missing players
| Santos | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 12 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12.3 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Grêmio | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Bahia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Goias | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
