Serie A preview and statistics: Bahia - Goiás at Arena Fonte Nova

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie A, Bahia holding 16th place and Goiás lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Goiás has the most conceded goals (57) 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 Goiás.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Bahia are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Goiás are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Bahia form and stats

8-1-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Bahia so far this season.

Stress levels are on the rise for Bahia's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Ramirez was their last goal scorer.

The Bahia crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Fluminense here at Arena Fonte Nova in a Serie A match. 0-0 away at Vasco da Gama before that.

Bahia has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Bahia have conceded 23 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Goiás form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Goiás, who have the most conceded goals (57) in Serie A, so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

Indio scored in Goiás's previous match, the home game against Atletico Mineiro that ended 1-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fluminense wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Goiás are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 17 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Goiás have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Goiás - Bahia 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Bahia, three draws and three wins for Goiás. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
8 goals
BahiaR. Costa Marinho
R. Costa Marinho
4 goals
BahiaD. Sampaio Simões
D. Sampaio Simões
3 goals

Bahia missing players

Goiás missing players

Bahia Goiás
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 4 17 34
10 8 4 Won W 1 3 8
6 1 0 Drew D 2 4 8
18 8 1 Lost L 1 10 18
38 22 8 Scored S 4 17 34
55 23 3 Conceded C 4 29 57
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 94%
76% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 74%
53% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 65% 56%
24% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 21%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
56% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 65% 53%
15% 24% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 24%
32% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 3
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.9 13.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.8 9.9
4.6 4.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 2.9
25% 26% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Goiás has the most conceded goals (57) in Serie A
  • Goiás has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A
  • Goiás 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 34 19 9 6 57 31 17 12 4 1 33 15 17 7 5 5 24 16 26 66
2 Flamengo 34 19 7 8 62 43 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 10 3 4 31 22 19 64
3 Atletico Mineiro 34 18 6 10 58 42 17 13 3 1 38 12 17 5 3 9 20 30 16 60
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 34 16 8 10 49 40 17 10 4 3 29 14 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 56
6 Palmeiras 33 14 11 8 46 32 17 8 7 2 29 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 53
7 Gremio 34 12 17 5 46 35 17 9 6 2 32 21 17 3 11 3 14 14 11 53
8 Corinthians 33 13 9 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 26 20 16 5 4 7 15 19 2 48
9 Bragantino 34 12 11 11 48 39 17 9 4 4 32 18 17 3 7 7 16 21 9 47
10 Atletico PR 34 13 7 14 31 31 17 7 5 5 16 12 17 6 2 9 15 19 0 46
11 Santos 33 12 10 11 47 47 16 7 6 3 31 22 17 5 4 8 16 25 0 46
12 Ceara 34 12 9 13 48 46 17 6 5 6 19 21 17 6 4 7 29 25 2 45
13 Atletico GO 34 11 12 11 34 40 17 5 8 4 20 19 17 6 4 7 14 21 -6 45
14 Fortaleza 34 9 11 14 31 35 17 7 6 4 17 11 17 2 5 10 14 24 -4 38
15 Vasco da Gama 34 9 10 15 34 49 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 16 32 -15 37
16 Bahia 34 10 6 18 38 55 17 8 1 8 22 23 17 2 5 10 16 32 -17 36
17 Sport Recife 33 10 5 18 26 44 17 8 1 8 17 20 16 2 4 10 9 24 -18 35
18 Goiás 34 8 8 18 34 57 17 5 4 8 17 28 17 3 4 10 17 29 -23 32
19 Coritiba 34 6 10 18 29 47 17 3 6 8 12 17 17 3 4 10 17 30 -18 28
20 Botafogo 33 4 12 17 28 52 16 2 5 9 13 24 17 2 7 8 15 28 -24 24

Read more about Serie A

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.