National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bahia U20 or Vitoria U20 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic game!
This football pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike Vitoria U20's home stadium. The last 29 games by the away side on grass have seen 9 wins, 3 draws and 17 losses.
These teams have little in common geographically as Vitoria U20 have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Bahia U20 form and stats
Last season, Bahia's Copa Do Nordeste U20 journey ended in the group stage.3W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Do Nordeste U20 for Bahia U20.
Bahia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Boca Júnior U20's place. The match ended 6-1. As mentioned above, Bahia U20 "killed" Boca Júnior U20 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Previous to that game, a Copa Do Nordeste U20 home match hosting Jaciobá U20 in a game that was won 4-0.Vitoria U20 form and stats
They also participated in Copa Do Nordeste U20 last season. This ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Do Nordeste U20 stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Vitoria U20 won their last game, 4-0 versus Jaciobá U20 played at home. As mentioned above, Vitoria U20 was the only team on the pitch versus Jaciobá U20 in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Vitoria secured a home win against Boca Júnior U20 with the score 1-0.Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Vitoria U20 - Bahia 2-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Bahia wins - draws - Vitoria U20 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Bahia U20 missing players
Vitoria U20 missing players
| Bahia U20 | Vitoria U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 14 | 48 | ||
| 47 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| 25% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | ||
| 11.7 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vitoria U20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Bahia U20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Boca Júnior U20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 4 | Jaciobá U20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vitoria U20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Bahia U20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Boca Júnior U20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 4 | Jaciobá U20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 |