Serie A fixture forecast and game guide for the Bahia vs Ceará clash

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 27.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Roberto Santos

Bahia are unlocking their away locker room to Ceará for yet another very important fixture after their 3-0 result against 20th-placed Chapecoense.

Insights:
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Serie A
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Serie A

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bahia and Ceará.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Bahia form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Bahia have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

Bahia are confident in defense, having played 380 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Bahia supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Chapecoense in Serie A and win 3-0. Raí Nascimento (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.6/10. Nascimento scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at America Mineiro that finished 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bahia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost six.

Bahia are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Juventude awaits in three days.

Bahia has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Bahia have conceded 17 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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Ceará form and stats

Ceará have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-8-5 (13 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 14 away games in a row.

Ceará are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Juventude (placed 16th). Goalkeeper João Ricardo made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Juventude. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. João Ricardo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.8. Ricardo stopped the opponent with eight saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Palmeiras.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Ceará in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Ceará, three draws and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fluminense in just four days.

The attacking power of Ceará when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Ceará in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bahia and Ceará have faced each other before 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

BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
11 goals
BahiaH. Rodallega Martínez
H. Rodallega Martínez
5 goals
CearáGabriel Lacerda
Gabriel Lacerda
4 goals

Bahia missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bahia Ceará
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
8 5 3 Won W 0 0 6
7 3 0 Drew D 3 8 14
12 5 1 Lost L 2 5 7
31 18 7 Scored S 1 7 25
38 17 1 Conceded C 5 17 29
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 40% 62% 70%
70% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 63%
44% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 37%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 26%
19% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
37% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 46% 52%
33% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 60% 38% 41%
44% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 80% 54% 37%
 
5.3 6.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.1 5.6
5.4 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.8 5.2
2.5 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 14.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.5 13.2
3.8 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 4.5
30% 31% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 14% 21%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • 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 (25) in Serie A
  • Ceará have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals (7) 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 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
3 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
4 Palmeiras 27 14 4 9 40 33 14 8 2 4 24 21 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 27 10 9 8 28 28 14 6 5 3 15 13 13 4 4 5 13 15 0 39
9 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
10 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
11 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
12 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 22 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 -2 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceará 27 6 14 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 0 8 5 7 17 -4 32
15 Bahia 27 8 7 12 31 38 13 5 3 5 18 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 31
16 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
17 Santos 27 6 11 10 23 34 13 5 5 3 12 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -11 29
18 Sport Recife 27 6 9 12 14 22 14 3 5 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 27
19 Gremio 25 7 5 13 23 30 13 4 5 4 15 13 12 3 0 9 8 17 -7 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

Table
  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 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
3 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
4 Palmeiras 27 14 4 9 40 33 14 8 2 4 24 21 13 6 2 5 16 12 7 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 27 10 9 8 28 28 14 6 5 3 15 13 13 4 4 5 13 15 0 39
9 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
10 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
11 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
12 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 22 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 -2 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceará 27 6 14 7 25 29 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 0 8 5 7 17 -4 32
15 Bahia 27 8 7 12 31 38 13 5 3 5 18 17 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 31
16 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
17 Santos 27 6 11 10 23 34 13 5 5 3 12 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -11 29
18 Sport Recife 27 6 9 12 14 22 14 3 5 6 6 8 13 3 4 6 8 14 -8 27
19 Gremio 25 7 5 13 23 30 13 4 5 4 15 13 12 3 0 9 8 17 -7 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

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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.