Bahia manager Paiva looking for three points in América Mineiro showdown

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

Pay more attention to their own tactics or adapt for the opposition? Both Bahia and América Mineiro need to try something else than earlier this season. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (37) in Serie A

These teams have little in common geographically as América Mineiro have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

América Mineiro could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only three sleeps ago.

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Bahia form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Bahia at their home stadium (Arena Fonte Nova) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Bahia are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 309 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Empereur (own goal)). Nothing to worry about in defence for Bahia, as their goalkeeper Marcos Felipe de Freitas Monteiro has completely shut out the opponents for 235 minutes in the Serie A.

Bahia travelled for their previous game, a trip to São Paulo that ended 0-0. Bahia's goalie Felipe played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against São Paulo with a stunning eleven saves. The goalie Felipe was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.94 out of ten. Felipe topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Corinthians that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bahia handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Bahia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. 11 goals have been conceded. Bahia has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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América Mineiro form and stats

América Mineiro have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-3-5 (8 played).

América Mineiro delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Bragantino in their previous match; a Copa Sudamericana duel.

The game before that, in the Serie A, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Palmeiras.

We have checked recent matches where América have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this side's 16 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Sudamericana trip to Bragantino.

América Mineiro have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. For América Mineiro, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When América Mineiro is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Santos, Goias, Coritiba, Corinthians, América and Vasco da Gama.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bahia two wins, five draws and América Mineiro three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

América MineiroD. Avelar
D. Avelar
3 goals
América MineiroA. dos Santos Gonçalves
A. dos Santos Gonçalves
3 goals
BahiaK. da Silva Chagas
K. da Silva Chagas
2 goals

Bahia missing players

América Mineiro missing players

Bahia América Mineiro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
6 3 2 Drew D 0 3 4
8 3 0 Lost L 2 5 10
15 11 4 Scored S 3 9 18
23 11 2 Conceded C 6 19 37
82% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
47% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 81%
18% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 50%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 12%
53% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 69%
29% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
35% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
6.1 6.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.1 4.9
5.2 4.8 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.2 4.8
2.8 3.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.1 2.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.2 16 18.7 Shots (avg) S ( 18 14.9 15.2
4.2 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.8
21% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 24%
 
12.4 11.4 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 16.5 14.2
5.8 4.9 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 6.9 6.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of América Mineiro's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • América Mineiro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • América Mineiro have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the fewest points (3) away in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (37) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have yet to win a game away.
  • América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 17 14 1 2 32 10 9 9 0 0 20 2 8 5 1 2 12 8 22 43
2 Flamengo 17 9 4 4 30 20 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 31
3 Palmeiras 17 8 7 2 32 15 8 5 2 1 16 8 9 3 5 1 16 7 17 31
4 Gremio 16 9 3 4 26 21 9 6 2 1 18 9 7 3 1 3 8 12 5 30
5 Fluminense 17 8 4 5 22 16 9 6 3 0 13 4 8 2 1 5 9 12 6 28
6 Bragantino 17 7 7 3 25 16 9 5 3 1 14 6 8 2 4 2 11 10 9 28
7 Atletico PR 17 8 3 6 25 21 9 6 2 1 17 10 8 2 1 5 8 11 4 27
8 São Paulo 17 7 5 5 23 16 9 7 1 1 18 7 8 0 4 4 5 9 7 26
9 Cuiabá 17 7 4 6 18 19 8 2 3 3 9 11 9 5 1 3 9 8 -1 25
10 Cruzeiro 17 6 5 6 19 15 9 3 1 5 4 7 8 3 4 1 15 8 4 23
11 Fortaleza 17 6 5 6 17 18 9 4 3 2 10 8 8 2 2 4 7 10 -1 23
12 Internacional 17 6 5 6 14 18 8 4 2 2 8 6 9 2 3 4 6 12 -4 23
13 Atlético Mineiro 17 5 6 6 19 17 8 2 3 3 10 10 9 3 3 3 9 7 2 21
14 Corinthians 16 5 4 7 15 18 7 3 3 1 10 6 9 2 1 6 5 12 -3 19
15 Santos 17 4 5 8 18 26 9 3 4 2 15 13 8 1 1 6 3 13 -8 17
16 Goias 17 4 4 9 16 27 8 2 3 3 9 13 9 2 1 6 7 14 -11 16
17 Bahia 17 3 6 8 15 23 8 2 3 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 4 12 -8 15
18 Coritiba 17 3 5 9 17 32 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 1 2 6 9 23 -15 14
19 América Mineiro 16 2 4 10 18 37 8 2 1 5 9 18 8 0 3 5 9 19 -19 10
20 Vasco da Gama 16 2 3 11 12 28 8 1 1 6 4 12 8 1 2 5 8 16 -16 9

Read more about Serie A

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.