Bahia are longing to improve their points total at their own stadium in this fixture against Santos.
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Santos when visiting Bahia as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
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 Santos.
Bahia form and stats
All-inclusive Serie A statistics playing at home this season for Bahia are 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Bahia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Goias, Coritiba, Corinthians, Bahia, America Mineiro and Vasco da Gama), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
A good away victory last time out for Bahia, who won 4-2 against Coritiba (placed 20th). A goal frenzy last time out for Bahia, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Coritiba. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Thaciano got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Thaciano scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Before that, Bahia drew at home versus Vasco da Gama.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bahia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Bahia in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Bahia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos form and stats
Santos have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-1-9 (11 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Santos, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
Santos are looking to quickly end their 270 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.
Santos's previous game was their home loss versus Cruzeiro (0-3). Dodô, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.14. Dodô hit two key passes and won 7 of 14 duels.
Prior to that match, the Santos manager Turra faced defeat when travelling to America Mineiro and losing 0-2.Santos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santos's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Santos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Santos have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Bahia.It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Santos - Bahia 3-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 8 goals |  J. Mendoza Valencia 5 goals |   E. Stum 3 goals |
Bahia missing players
Santos missing players
| Bahia | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 27 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 39 |
| 87% | 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 87% |
| 74% | 82% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 74% |
| 52% | 64% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 48% |
| 26% | 45% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 52% | 73% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 39% |
| 26% | 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 18% | 22% |
| 35% | 9% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 73% | 52% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 15.8 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.9 | 10.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| 25% | 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 13% | 27% |
| 11.8 | 10.5 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 17.7 | 15.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.2 | 5.7 |
- Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
- Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santos have the fewest scored goals (3) away 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 | Botafogo | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Gremio | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Internacional | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Cuiaba | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bahia | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Goias | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 17 | Santos | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -23 | 14 |
