Serie A fixture prediction and stats, news and lineups for the Bahia vs Atlético Mineiro duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 02.December
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

Bahia will hope that their home comfort is enough to get a result from this rough meeting, against lively Atlético Mineiro.

Insights:
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Bahia nor Atlético Mineiro as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Atlético Mineiro when visiting Bahia as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.

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Bahia form and stats

The overall Serie A results at home this season for Bahia are 7-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Bahia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Atletico GO (placed 13th). The defeat against Atletico GO was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Janderson). Midfielder Juninho Capixaba was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.15 (out of ten) in that game. Capixaba hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gremio in a game that was won 3-1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bahia as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Fluminense are visiting.

Bahia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 17 games. Bahia have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Atlético Mineiro form and stats

8-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlético Mineiro in their Serie A matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Atlético Mineiro's previous game versus Fluminense (placed 7th), a Serie A 2-1 win played at home. Hulk, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Hulk scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, Atlético travelled to Palmeiras and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

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

Atlético find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Atlético Mineiro as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played earlier this season: Atlético Mineiro - Bahia 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bahia three wins, four draws and Atlético Mineiro three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
12 goals
BahiaH. Rodallega Martínez
H. Rodallega Martínez
6 goals
BahiaR. Costa Marinho
R. Costa Marinho
3 goals

Bahia missing players

Atlético Mineiro missing players

Bahia Atlético Mineiro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
10 7 1 Won W 4 8 24
10 5 3 Drew D 1 5 6
15 5 1 Lost L 0 4 5
37 23 5 Scored S 7 19 57
46 19 8 Conceded C 3 15 25
83% 82% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
66% 59% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 59% 71%
43% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 49%
20% 24% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 14%
14% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
37% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 49%
34% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 60% 41% 46%
46% 35% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 9%
 
5.4 6.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.6 6.3
5.5 5.1 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 4.1
2.5 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.4 14.4 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12 14.2 14.3
3.8 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 4.5
28% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 36%
 
13.1 11.4 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 10.4 9.8
4.1 3.4 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Mineiro have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro have the most points from losing position (19) in Serie A
  • Atlético Mineiro is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) 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 Atlético Mineiro 35 24 6 5 57 25 18 16 1 1 38 10 17 8 5 4 19 15 32 78
2 Flamengo 34 20 7 7 66 31 17 12 1 4 29 13 17 8 6 3 37 18 35 67
3 Palmeiras 35 18 5 12 54 42 18 10 3 5 32 26 17 8 2 7 22 16 12 59
4 Corinthians 36 15 11 10 39 34 18 10 4 4 25 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 56
5 Bragantino 35 13 14 8 51 41 18 6 9 3 27 20 17 7 5 5 24 21 10 53
6 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
7 Fluminense 36 14 9 13 35 36 18 10 5 3 21 14 18 4 4 10 14 22 -1 51
8 Ceara 35 11 16 8 38 35 18 10 6 2 24 14 17 1 10 6 14 21 3 49
9 Internacional 36 12 12 12 43 39 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 48
10 America Mineiro 35 11 13 11 36 37 17 7 6 4 17 11 18 4 7 7 19 26 -1 46
11 Santos 36 11 13 12 33 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 18 2 8 8 13 26 -6 46
12 Sao Paulo 35 10 15 10 28 33 18 6 9 3 15 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -5 45
13 Atletico GO 35 10 14 11 28 35 18 5 10 3 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 21 -7 44
14 Cuiaba 34 9 16 9 31 32 17 6 6 5 16 17 17 3 10 4 15 15 -1 43
15 Atletico PR 35 12 6 17 39 44 17 7 4 6 22 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -5 42
16 Bahia 35 10 10 15 37 46 17 7 5 5 23 19 18 3 5 10 14 27 -9 40
17 Juventude 34 9 13 12 33 40 17 7 6 4 17 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -7 40
18 Gremio 35 10 6 19 36 47 17 6 6 5 22 18 18 4 0 14 14 29 -11 36
19 Sport Recife 35 8 9 18 21 35 17 5 5 7 11 11 18 3 4 11 10 24 -14 33
20 Chapecoense 34 1 12 21 27 59 17 0 6 11 13 30 17 1 6 10 14 29 -32 15

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.