Bahia vs Fortaleza match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

Stats, recent trends, game results, player info, head-2-head, team selections and much more: Here's all you must know about Bahia - Fortaleza!

Insights:
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza have scored away.

Fortaleza have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bahia form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Bahia have to build on here at Arena Fonte Nova in the Serie A.

A nice win for Bahia last time playing, versus Internacional. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Biel scoring for the victors. Biel (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.94/10. Biel scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Before that match, a win away at Goiás.

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 6 games. Bahia has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

The manager Ceni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cruzeiro in only four days.

The Bahia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. Bahia have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

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, 0-1 against Vasco da Gama. That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. It is a bit troubling for Fortaleza that their goalie Ricardo pulled off eight saves in the Vasco da Gama fixture, but still were unable to save them from a defeat.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus America Mineiro.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Fortaleza, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Botafogo in just three days.

The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Fortaleza have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fortaleza have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Bahia.

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Fortaleza - Bahia 0-0 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaJ. Lucero
J. Lucero
7 goals
BahiaE. Stum
E. Stum
6 goals
BahiaG. Teixeira Aragão
G. Teixeira Aragão
5 goals

Bahia missing players

Fortaleza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bahia Fortaleza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 1 Played P 3 13 27
8 5 1 Won W 2 4 12
7 4 0 Drew D 0 2 6
12 4 0 Lost L 1 7 9
35 21 1 Scored S 3 10 33
38 15 0 Conceded C 2 14 27
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
70% 77% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 54% 63%
52% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 41%
26% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
52% 69% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 41%
26% 31% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 33%
33% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 46% 37%
 
5.8 6.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 5.1
5.1 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.7 5.1
2.5 2.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.2 2.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 15.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.9 15.2
4.8 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 5.5
27% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 16% 22%
 
12.4 11.1 12 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.9 13.4
5.4 4.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.9 4.5
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 Fortaleza have scored away.
  • Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Botafogo 27 18 4 5 44 17 13 11 1 1 28 6 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 58
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Grêmio 27 13 5 9 43 37 14 10 2 2 27 12 13 3 3 7 16 25 6 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Athletico PR 27 12 8 7 40 31 14 8 5 1 25 15 13 4 3 6 15 16 9 44
6 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
7 Fortaleza 27 12 6 9 33 27 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 4 2 7 10 14 6 42
8 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
9 Atletico Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 Cuiabá 27 10 6 11 29 30 13 4 5 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 12 15 -1 36
11 São Paulo 27 9 8 10 31 29 14 9 2 3 23 13 13 0 6 7 8 16 2 35
12 Internacional 27 8 8 11 23 32 13 6 3 4 15 14 14 2 5 7 8 18 -9 32
13 Bahia 27 8 7 12 35 38 13 5 4 4 21 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -3 31
14 Cruzeiro 26 7 10 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 13 4 5 4 18 13 2 31
15 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
16 Vasco da Gama 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 6 2 6 16 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -10 30
17 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
18 Goiás 27 7 9 11 27 37 14 4 6 4 17 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -10 30
19 Coritiba 27 5 5 17 29 57 13 3 3 7 14 20 14 2 2 10 15 37 -28 20
20 America Mineiro 27 4 6 17 30 56 14 4 1 9 14 25 13 0 5 8 16 31 -26 18

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 Botafogo 27 18 4 5 44 17 13 11 1 1 28 6 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 58
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Grêmio 27 13 5 9 43 37 14 10 2 2 27 12 13 3 3 7 16 25 6 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Athletico PR 27 12 8 7 40 31 14 8 5 1 25 15 13 4 3 6 15 16 9 44
6 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
7 Fortaleza 27 12 6 9 33 27 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 4 2 7 10 14 6 42
8 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
9 Atletico Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 Cuiabá 27 10 6 11 29 30 13 4 5 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 12 15 -1 36
11 São Paulo 27 9 8 10 31 29 14 9 2 3 23 13 13 0 6 7 8 16 2 35
12 Internacional 27 8 8 11 23 32 13 6 3 4 15 14 14 2 5 7 8 18 -9 32
13 Bahia 27 8 7 12 35 38 13 5 4 4 21 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -3 31
14 Cruzeiro 26 7 10 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 13 4 5 4 18 13 2 31
15 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
16 Vasco da Gama 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 6 2 6 16 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -10 30
17 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
18 Goiás 27 7 9 11 27 37 14 4 6 4 17 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -10 30
19 Coritiba 27 5 5 17 29 57 13 3 3 7 14 20 14 2 2 10 15 37 -28 20
20 America Mineiro 27 4 6 17 30 56 14 4 1 9 14 25 13 0 5 8 16 31 -26 18

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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.