Another action-packed fixture in Serie A as Bahia welcome Fluminense

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 04.February
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

Struggling Bahia will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Fluminense in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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

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 Fluminense.

It's quite the trip for Fluminense when visiting Bahia as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

Relegation threatens Bahia who should definitely be looking for some points here. Fluminense are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Bahia form and stats

Bahia have collected 25 points from their Serie A home games so far after 8-1-7. Two home wins in a row for Bahia bring valid hopes of a third.

Bahia shared the glory with Vasco da Gama in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Bahia had a home game versus Corinthians which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost five.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Goiás in only three days. This game is also played here at Arena Fonte Nova.

Bahia has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Bahia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fluminense form and stats

5-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fluminense in their Serie A matches away.

Fluminense have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marcos Felipe de Freitas Monteiro. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

The supporters enjoyed Fluminense's previous game versus Goiás (placed 18th), a Serie A 3-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Botafogo.

It was a convincing performance from Fluminense when Goiás were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Nino and Matheus Martinelli (2) scored their goals.

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

The visiting Fluminense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. Fluminense struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Bahia and Fluminense have met before this season: Fluminense - Bahia 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Bahia wins - draws - Fluminense wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
8 goals
FluminenseA. de Carvalho
A. de Carvalho
8 goals
BahiaR. Costa Marinho
R. Costa Marinho
4 goals

Bahia missing players

Fluminense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bahia Fluminense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 16 33
10 8 1 Won W 2 5 15
6 1 1 Drew D 3 4 8
17 7 3 Lost L 1 7 10
38 22 9 Scored S 10 19 48
54 22 12 Conceded C 8 26 40
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 76%
55% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 55%
24% 19% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 24%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 19% 9%
58% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 61%
15% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 24%
30% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2.4
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
14 13.4 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.4 11.9
4.5 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.9
26% 28% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 31% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fluminense 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 Internacional 33 19 8 6 57 31 17 12 4 1 33 15 16 7 4 5 24 16 26 65
2 Atlético Mineiro 33 18 6 9 58 41 17 13 3 1 38 12 16 5 3 8 20 29 17 60
3 Flamengo 32 17 7 8 57 43 16 8 4 4 29 21 16 9 3 4 28 22 14 58
4 Sao Paulo 33 16 10 7 53 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 58
5 Fluminense 33 15 8 10 48 40 17 10 4 3 29 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 8 53
6 Palmeiras 32 14 10 8 45 31 16 8 6 2 28 14 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 52
7 Grêmio 33 12 16 5 43 32 16 9 5 2 29 18 17 3 11 3 14 14 11 52
8 Atletico PR 33 13 6 14 31 31 16 7 4 5 16 12 17 6 2 9 15 19 0 45
9 Ceará 33 12 9 12 47 44 17 6 5 6 19 21 16 6 4 6 28 23 3 45
10 Corinthians 32 12 9 11 39 38 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 5 4 7 15 19 1 45
11 Santos 32 12 9 11 44 44 16 7 6 3 31 22 16 5 3 8 13 22 0 45
12 Atlético GO 33 11 12 10 34 38 17 5 8 4 20 19 16 6 4 6 14 19 -4 45
13 Bragantino 33 11 11 11 46 39 16 8 4 4 30 18 17 3 7 7 16 21 7 44
14 Vasco da Gama 33 9 10 14 34 47 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 3 5 8 16 30 -13 37
15 Bahia 33 10 6 17 38 54 16 8 1 7 22 22 17 2 5 10 16 32 -16 36
16 Sport Recife 32 10 5 17 26 41 16 8 1 7 17 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -15 35
17 Fortaleza 33 8 11 14 28 34 16 6 6 4 14 10 17 2 5 10 14 24 -6 35
18 Goiás 33 7 8 18 33 57 16 4 4 8 16 28 17 3 4 10 17 29 -24 29
19 Coritiba 33 6 10 17 28 44 17 3 6 8 12 17 16 3 4 9 16 27 -16 28
20 Botafogo 32 4 11 17 27 51 16 2 5 9 13 24 16 2 6 8 14 27 -24 23

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 Internacional 33 19 8 6 57 31 17 12 4 1 33 15 16 7 4 5 24 16 26 65
2 Atlético Mineiro 33 18 6 9 58 41 17 13 3 1 38 12 16 5 3 8 20 29 17 60
3 Flamengo 32 17 7 8 57 43 16 8 4 4 29 21 16 9 3 4 28 22 14 58
4 Sao Paulo 33 16 10 7 53 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 58
5 Fluminense 33 15 8 10 48 40 17 10 4 3 29 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 8 53
6 Palmeiras 32 14 10 8 45 31 16 8 6 2 28 14 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 52
7 Grêmio 33 12 16 5 43 32 16 9 5 2 29 18 17 3 11 3 14 14 11 52
8 Atletico PR 33 13 6 14 31 31 16 7 4 5 16 12 17 6 2 9 15 19 0 45
9 Ceará 33 12 9 12 47 44 17 6 5 6 19 21 16 6 4 6 28 23 3 45
10 Corinthians 32 12 9 11 39 38 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 5 4 7 15 19 1 45
11 Santos 32 12 9 11 44 44 16 7 6 3 31 22 16 5 3 8 13 22 0 45
12 Atlético GO 33 11 12 10 34 38 17 5 8 4 20 19 16 6 4 6 14 19 -4 45
13 Bragantino 33 11 11 11 46 39 16 8 4 4 30 18 17 3 7 7 16 21 7 44
14 Vasco da Gama 33 9 10 14 34 47 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 3 5 8 16 30 -13 37
15 Bahia 33 10 6 17 38 54 16 8 1 7 22 22 17 2 5 10 16 32 -16 36
16 Sport Recife 32 10 5 17 26 41 16 8 1 7 17 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -15 35
17 Fortaleza 33 8 11 14 28 34 16 6 6 4 14 10 17 2 5 10 14 24 -6 35
18 Goiás 33 7 8 18 33 57 16 4 4 8 16 28 17 3 4 10 17 29 -24 29
19 Coritiba 33 6 10 17 28 44 17 3 6 8 12 17 16 3 4 9 16 27 -16 28
20 Botafogo 32 4 11 17 27 51 16 2 5 9 13 24 16 2 6 8 14 27 -24 23

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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.