Bahia believe to get a lot of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 23 points and a 17th position in the Serie A table. Opponents Ceará are in 11th place with 28 pts.
- Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie A
- Ceará have the fewest points (6) away in Serie A
Bahia and Ceará should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ceará, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Bahia form and stats
Bahia have collected 14 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-2-5.
Bahia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Internacional. Nino Paraíba, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Paraíba hit four key passes and won 9 of 19 duels.
In the match before that, Bahia hosted Bragantino and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Bahia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bahia as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Bahia has won five of these, drawn two and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bahia as they are travelling to their away game against Corinthians in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
The Bahia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Ceará form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ceará so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-4 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ceará have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Ferroviario game.
Ceará have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Richard de Oliveira Costa. It's been 225 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.
Jael scored in Ceará's previous match, the home game against Chapecoense that ended 1-0. Luiz Otávio was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.13. The defender Otávio hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Santos.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Ceará in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ceará, three draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Internacional in just four days.
Goals are few and far between in Ceará's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. Ceará have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bahia and Ceará have met previously this season: Ceará - Bahia 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Bahia victories, two draws and six Ceará wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 8 goals |  H. Rodallega Martínez 5 goals |   R. Lima Morais 4 goals |
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| Bahia | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 60% | 71% |
| 73% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 62% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 30% | 33% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 30% | 24% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 41% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 40% | 48% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | 43% |
| 45% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 60% | 38% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 13.9 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.3 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 31% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 14% | 23% |
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceará have scored away.
- Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie A
- Ceará have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ceará have the fewest points (6) away in Serie A
- Ceará have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie A
- Ceará have yet to win a 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Internacional | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiabá | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Ceará | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Juventude | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Bahia | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Gremio | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -18 | 10 |