Both Bahia and Grêmio are itching for points in this game, in spite of the away team holding a 11 point advantage so far.
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Grêmio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's aim for an animated game!
Bahia form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Bahia at their home stadium (Arena Fonte Nova) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Bahia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fluminense (1-2). The first loss after going undefeated in three league matches. The striker Mingotti won the honour of being "man of the match" for Bahia with a rating of 8.45/10. Mingotti scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Bahia had a home game versus Palmeiras which ended with a victory 1-0.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 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 0 and lost 3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bahia, as the Copa do Brasil home game vs Grêmio is only three days away.
Bahia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Fonte Nova with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Bahia have conceded 9 from these games. When Bahia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Goias, Coritiba, Corinthians, America Mineiro, Cuiaba and Vasco da Gama), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Grêmio form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The regulars enjoyed Grêmio's previous game versus Coritiba (placed 20th), a 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Grêmio was the only team on the pitch versus Coritiba in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Grêmio goalie Grando was high and low in the Coritiba game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus America Mineiro.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Grêmio in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Grêmio, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Observe that 9 of this club's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Grêmio manager Portaluppi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bahia.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grêmio has managed {5 goals} and let in 10 from 5 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bahia victories, three draws and four Grêmio wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Suárez Díaz 4 goals |  M. Villasanti Rolón 3 goals |  J. de Souza Mares 3 goals |
Bahia missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Bahia | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 58% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.6 | 6.9 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.2 | 15 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 6 |
| 26% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 31% |
| 12.4 | 12 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 18.8 | 17.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Grêmio have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Grêmio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grêmio 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 | Botafogo | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Grêmio | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Internacional | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Bragantino | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atlético Mineiro | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 4 |
