The guesting Palmeiras side are probably odds-on favourites at Bahia, as the visitors have a 13 point lead from their ten league games this season.
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (22) in Serie A
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Palmeiras, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
This promises to be an action-packed game with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Bahia form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Bahia have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Bahia.
The home followers saw a 2-2 draw versus Cruzeiro last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach Paiva made a successful contribution in the game against Cruzeiro, bringing on Sales who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. The attacking player Kayky won the honour of being "man of the match" for Bahia with the rating of 7.65/10. Kayky scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Bahia played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Fortaleza.There will be little rest for Bahia after this match as they are travelling to Fluminense for a Serie A game in only three days.
Bahia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Fonte Nova with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Bahia have conceded 9 from these games. When Bahia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Goiás, Coritiba, Corinthians, América Mineiro, Cuiabá and Vasco da Gama), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Palmeiras form and stats
2-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Palmeiras in their Serie A matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Palmeiras, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sao Paulo (placed 8th) last time out. Goalkeeper Weverton was absolutely vital in the Palmeiras victory against Sao Paulo, making six saves. Goalkeeper Weverton got the top player rating of the team with 8.63/10. Weverton topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win as expected against Barcelona preceding that, in the Copa Libertadores.
A quick return to home after this game, as Palmeiras are hosting Botafogo in the Serie A only four days away.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras have put together a sequence of 15 consecutive games without defeat (7-8-0) when facing Bahia.Top Goalscorers
  R. Cavalcante Veiga 4 goals |  A. Guimarães 4 goals |  E. Moreira de Sousa 3 goals |
Bahia missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Bahia | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 30% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 17 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.6 | 17.5 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| 25% | 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 38% |
| 12.2 | 12.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.8 | 11.5 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- All of Bahia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bahia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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.
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (22) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+14) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Cruzeiro | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Internacional | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Santos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Cuiabá | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Bahia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Goiás | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | América Mineiro | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
