Bahia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind São Paulo.
- Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo has the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A
It's no vacation for neither Bahia nor São Paulo 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.
It's quite the trip for São Paulo when visiting Bahia as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Bahia form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Bahia at their home stadium (Arena Fonte Nova) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Ever since the Sport Recife game Bahia has been unbeatable here at Arena Fonte Nova producing four straight wins.
The Bahia supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Unión Santa Fe in Copa Sudamericana and win 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Bahia lost 0-4 at Bragantino's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bahia as they are travelling to their away game against Unión Santa Fe in the Copa Sudamericana. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Bahia in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
São Paulo form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. In general it has been a productive period now for São Paulo as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Atletico Mineiro game have they lost an away game, meaning Paulo has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Paulo are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Ceara (placed 15th). A draw for Paulo before that, at their own venue hosting Vasco da Gama (1-1).
Paulo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Paulo have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the São Paulo - Bahia 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bahia three wins, five draws and São Paulo two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Rocha Neves 9 goals |  B. Souza da Silva 6 goals |   G. Oliveira Souza Junior 5 goals |
Bahia missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Bahia | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 34 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 55% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 27% | 18% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 30% | 20% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 59% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 65% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 14.1 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 14.9 | 15.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 29% | 30% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 27% | 27% |
- Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie A
- São Paulo has the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- São Paulo 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Internacional | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Santos | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Gremio | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Bahia | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 28 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Ceara | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 15 |