The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Bahia welcome Santos for the opening game at Estádio Governador Roberto Santos. Read on!
It's no vacation for neither Bahia nor Santos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Santos have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Bahia form and stats
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 ten games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost four.
The manager L. Cavalcanti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vila Nova in only three days.
Santos form and stats
A job perfectly done for Santos last season as they secured promotion from Paulista A1. With a grand total of 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 0 were in away matches.
Santos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa do Brasil trip to Cianorte.
Head 2 Head
Bahia-Santos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bahia three wins, Santos seven wins, zero draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Bahia missing players
Santos missing players
| Bahia | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bahia | Last season | Santos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | ||
| 33% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | America Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlético GO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ceara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Chapecoense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Flamengo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Grêmio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Internacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Juventude | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Palmeiras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Sao Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sport Recife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mirassol | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 4 | Sao Caetano | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 3 |