It's the second window of opportunity for points this league season as Bahia and Botafogo bump heads at Arena Fonte Nova.
Botafogo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Sudamericana.
Bahia form and stats
The previous season, Bahia's league results were 17 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses, leading to 4th spot in the Serie B. Over these 38 matches they scored {43 goals} and let in 29. Playing as the host team in the last season Bahia produced 12-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 11 conceded.
No payout for Bahia in their previous match, an away game at Bragantino that ended in defeat 1-2.
In the game before, a nice away victory at Volta Redonda. A Copa do Brasil match.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bahia as they have a new game in only three days, a Copa do Brasil match thankfully also at home. Volta Redonda are visiting.
Botafogo form and stats
Let's have a look at how Botafogo performed last season in the Carioca 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded {31 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 17/18 goals scored/conceded.
The supporters enjoyed Botafogo's previous game versus César Vallejo, a Copa Sudamericana win (4-0) played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sao Paulo in the Serie A.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Botafogo, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ypiranga Erechim in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Bahia won five games, one match ended in a draw and Botafogo managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 1 goals |   F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 1 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 1 goals |
Bahia missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Bahia | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bahia | Last season | Botafogo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 87% | ||
| 62% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 54% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 33% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 27% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 47% | ||
| 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gremio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Bahia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sao Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Goiás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
