Serie A: Bahia - Internacional preview and statistics

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

The visiting Internacional side should be favourites in this visit to Bahia, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Bahia has the most conceded goals (46) in Serie A
  • Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Bahia form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Bahia, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Serie A, are 6-1-6 (wins-draw-losses). It's trouble wherever Bahia are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Bahia, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

A Copa Sudamericana defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Defensa y Justicia.

A goal frenzy last time out for Bahia, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Flamengo. Fun stuff to watch!

Bahia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Bahia have conceded 19 goals.

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Internacional form and stats

Playing away, Internacional have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season. Two points from the last two away games for Internacional, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Botafogo.

Internacional have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Internacional have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Internacional - Bahia 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Bahia won two, Internacional won six and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalT. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha
15 goals
BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
7 goals
InternacionalY. Monteiro da Silva
Y. Monteiro da Silva
5 goals

Bahia missing players

Internacional missing players

Bahia Internacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 13 26
8 6 1 Won W 3 4 12
4 1 1 Drew D 0 4 8
14 6 3 Lost L 2 5 6
32 18 8 Scored S 8 15 39
46 19 12 Conceded C 5 14 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
81% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 77%
58% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 23% 38%
31% 23% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 19%
12% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
58% 54% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 46%
12% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 38%
31% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3 2.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
14.5 14 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.2 11.5
4.6 4.9 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 4.3
27% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 35%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie A
  • Bahia has the most conceded goals (46) in Serie A
  • Bahia has the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Serie A
  • Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 São Paulo 26 15 8 3 45 21 13 9 4 0 23 6 13 6 4 3 22 15 24 53
2 Flamengo 25 14 6 5 46 35 13 7 4 2 26 17 12 7 2 3 20 18 11 48
3 Atlético Mineiro 26 14 4 8 44 34 13 9 3 1 29 11 13 5 1 7 15 23 10 46
4 Internacional 26 12 8 6 39 25 13 8 4 1 24 11 13 4 4 5 15 14 14 44
5 Grêmio 25 10 12 3 33 21 12 7 4 1 22 11 13 3 8 2 11 10 12 42
6 Palmeiras 25 11 8 6 36 25 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 15 13 11 41
7 Fluminense 26 11 7 8 36 29 13 7 4 2 22 12 13 4 3 6 14 17 7 40
8 Santos 26 10 8 8 37 34 13 6 5 2 25 16 13 4 3 6 12 18 3 38
9 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 24 30 13 3 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 9 13 -6 34
10 Corinthians 25 8 9 8 26 29 12 4 5 3 14 16 13 4 4 5 12 13 -3 33
11 Ceará 25 8 8 9 35 36 13 5 5 3 16 14 12 3 3 6 19 22 -1 32
12 Athletico PR 26 9 4 13 21 28 13 5 3 5 10 10 13 4 1 8 11 18 -7 31
13 Bragantino 26 7 10 9 31 30 13 6 3 4 20 13 13 1 7 5 11 17 1 31
14 Fortaleza 25 7 9 9 24 23 12 5 4 3 12 8 13 2 5 6 12 15 1 30
15 Sport Recife 26 8 5 13 23 35 13 6 1 6 14 16 13 2 4 7 9 19 -12 29
16 Bahia 26 8 4 14 32 46 13 6 1 6 18 19 13 2 3 8 14 27 -14 28
17 Vasco da Gama 25 7 7 11 26 36 13 4 4 5 12 14 12 3 3 6 14 22 -10 28
18 Botafogo 26 4 11 11 25 37 13 2 5 6 12 17 13 2 6 5 13 20 -12 23
19 Coritiba 26 5 6 15 21 35 13 3 3 7 7 11 13 2 3 8 14 24 -14 21
20 Goias 25 4 8 13 25 40 13 3 4 6 15 21 12 1 4 7 10 19 -15 20

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.