Bahia hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 14th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Fortaleza holds 11th place with 24 pts.
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 Fortaleza.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Bahia form and stats
5-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Bahia so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Arena Fonte Nova after three straight home wins.
Bahia's last game was hosting Botafogo (placed 17th) and winning 1-0. Before that, Bahia had a Copa Sudamericana home game versus Melgar which ended with a victory 4-0.
The victory against Botafogo came after Rodriguinho's winning goal. The Bahia manager L. Venker de Menezes was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Rodriguinho scored the winning goal eight minutes into stoppage time.
A decent goal production from Bahia in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Bahia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortaleza, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Serie A, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Fortaleza as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Serie A match against Atletico PR (1-2). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Fluminense.
Fortaleza were so close to getting something from the game against Atletico PR, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting São Paulo in just three days.
The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Fortaleza have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Bahia-Fortaleza H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bahia three wins, Fortaleza two wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Costa Marinho 4 goals |  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 4 goals |   W. Pereira do Nascimento 4 goals |
Bahia missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Bahia | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 83% |
| 74% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 28% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 39% |
| 16% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 39% |
| 26% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 267 | 140 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 82 | 178 |
| 85 | 50 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 51 |
| 28% | 30% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 40% | 33% |
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | São Paulo | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Santos | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Gremio | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Bahia | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Bragantino | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 19 | Atletico PR | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 20 | Goias | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |