An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie A, with both Corinthians and Bahia experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 16th place.
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 Corinthians and Bahia.
Bahia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Corinthians form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Corinthians have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
In their previous game, the manager T. Retzalff Nunes led his Corinthians to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Fluminense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Arena Corinthians. Before that game, the home loss against Palmeiras with the scoreline 0-2.
The Corinthians fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Bahia form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Serie A for Bahia with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Bahia are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.
Bahia failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie A home match vs Atletico GO (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Gremio.
The visiting Bahia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Bahia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Corinthians five wins, one draw and Bahia four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Corinthians missing players
Bahia missing players
| Corinthians | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 78% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6.6 | 8 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | 62 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 104 |
| 42 | 27 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 41 |
| 29% | 22% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 24% |
- All of Bahia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Corinthians's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bahia have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Bahia have yet to win a game away.
- Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Corinthians has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Serie A
- Corinthians have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Corinthians have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Corinthians have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Corinthians haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Internacional | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Vasco da Gama | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Ceara | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Gremio | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Atletico PR | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Sport Recife | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Bahia | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Bragantino | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |