Soccer betting preview: Bahia welcomes Bragantino in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

Bahia will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a result from this hard duel, against high-octane Bragantino.

Insights:
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bragantino, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bahia form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bahia have to build on here at Arena Fonte Nova in the Serie A.

Bahia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Atlético Mineiro. The first loss after going undefeated through three league games. Midfield player Ademir got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Ademir hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

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

A decent goal production from Bahia in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded. When Bahia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Santos, Goias, Coritiba, Corinthians, America Mineiro and Vasco da Gama), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Bragantino form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bragantino playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Bragantino are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Bragantino played 1-1 against Vasco da Gama in their previous match. Attacker Sorriso got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Sorriso hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Preceding that, 3-3 at home against America Mineiro (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in the Copa Sudamericana.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

Bragantino have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Bragantino have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Bragantino have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Bahia.

Bahia and Bragantino have faced each other previously this season: Bragantino - Bahia 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

BragantinoT. Borbas
T. Borbas
5 goals
BahiaE. Stum
E. Stum
3 goals

Bahia missing players

Bragantino missing players

Bahia Bragantino
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 2 9 19
4 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
6 3 0 Drew D 0 4 8
9 3 3 Lost L 0 2 3
18 14 5 Scored S 2 12 27
25 12 7 Conceded C 0 10 17
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
68% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 79%
47% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 37%
21% 44% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 16%
5% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
53% 78% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 42%
26% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 47%
37% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 21%
 
6.3 6.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.8 6.8
4.9 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.4 5.2
2.7 3.3 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.7
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.7 16.7 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 13.2 16.9
4.4 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.1 6
22% 30% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 24%
 
12.1 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13 11.2
5.7 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 19 15 2 2 35 11 10 10 0 0 23 3 9 5 2 2 12 8 24 47
2 Palmeiras 19 9 7 3 34 17 9 6 2 1 17 8 10 3 5 2 17 9 17 34
3 Gremio 18 10 3 5 28 23 10 7 2 1 20 10 8 3 1 4 8 13 5 33
4 Flamengo 19 9 5 5 31 24 9 5 3 1 16 6 10 4 2 4 15 18 7 32
5 Bragantino 19 8 8 3 27 17 10 5 4 1 15 7 9 3 4 2 12 10 10 32
6 Fluminense 19 9 4 6 25 19 10 7 3 0 15 5 9 2 1 6 10 14 6 31
7 Atletico PR 19 9 4 6 27 22 10 7 2 1 18 10 9 2 2 5 9 12 5 31
8 Cuiaba 19 8 4 7 21 20 9 3 3 3 12 11 10 5 1 4 9 9 1 28
9 Sao Paulo 19 7 6 6 24 19 10 7 1 2 18 9 9 0 5 4 6 10 5 27
10 Atlético Mineiro 19 7 6 6 22 17 9 3 3 3 11 10 10 4 3 3 11 7 5 27
11 Fortaleza 19 7 5 7 21 19 10 5 3 2 14 8 9 2 2 5 7 11 2 26
12 Cruzeiro 19 6 6 7 19 16 10 3 2 5 4 7 9 3 4 2 15 9 3 24
13 Internacional 19 6 6 7 17 23 9 4 3 2 10 8 10 2 3 5 7 15 -6 24
14 Corinthians 18 6 5 7 20 21 8 4 3 1 13 7 10 2 2 6 7 14 -1 23
15 Goias 19 6 4 9 18 27 9 3 3 3 10 13 10 3 1 6 8 14 -9 22
16 Bahia 19 4 6 9 18 25 9 3 3 3 14 12 10 1 3 6 4 13 -7 18
17 Santos 19 4 6 9 19 31 10 3 5 2 16 14 9 1 1 7 3 17 -12 18
18 Coritiba 19 3 5 11 18 36 9 2 3 4 8 10 10 1 2 7 10 26 -18 14
19 Vasco da Gama 18 3 4 11 14 29 9 2 1 6 5 12 9 1 3 5 9 17 -15 13
20 America Mineiro 18 2 4 12 19 41 9 2 1 6 9 19 9 0 3 6 10 22 -22 10

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.