Football betting preview: Fortaleza vs Bahia

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas (67000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie A, Fortaleza holding 15th place and Bahia lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Fortaleza are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Bahia are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Fortaleza form and stats

Fortaleza, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Serie A, have played 18 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). Fortaleza are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

No payout for Fortaleza in their previous match, an away game at Palmeiras that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that, Fortaleza had a home game versus Vasco da Gama which ended with a victory 3-0.

Fortaleza lost the game against Palmeiras in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Fortaleza has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Fortaleza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bahia form and stats

There's been little loot from Bahia's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Bahia only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 6 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Bahia, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Bahia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Atletico Mineiro for a Serie A game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Goias.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bahia are hosting Juazeirense in the Baiano 1 only one days away.

The attacking power of Bahia when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Bahia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 33 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bahia - Fortaleza 2-1. Fortaleza-Bahia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortaleza one win, Bahia four wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaW. Pereira do Nascimento
W. Pereira do Nascimento
9 goals
BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
9 goals
FortalezaD. Correia da Fonseca
D. Correia da Fonseca
7 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Bahia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortaleza Bahia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
10 8 3 Won W 2 2 10
11 6 2 Drew D 2 6 8
15 4 0 Lost L 1 10 18
34 20 8 Scored S 5 17 42
38 11 2 Conceded C 5 33 59
81% 72% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
64% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 78%
36% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 53%
11% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 25%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
39% 22% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 58%
36% 61% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 14%
44% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 39% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.2
7 5 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
11.1 12.2 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14.4 13.7
3.3 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 4.6
28% 27% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 22% 25%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Serie A
  • Fortaleza has the most clean sheets (11) at home 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 Internacional 36 20 9 7 60 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 18 8 5 5 26 16 27 69
2 Flamengo 36 20 8 8 65 45 18 10 4 4 33 22 18 10 4 4 32 23 20 68
3 Atletico Mineiro 36 18 8 10 59 43 18 13 4 1 39 13 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 62
4 Sao Paulo 34 16 11 7 54 37 17 9 6 2 26 14 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 59
5 Fluminense 35 16 9 10 49 40 18 10 5 3 29 14 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 57
6 Palmeiras 34 15 11 8 49 32 18 9 7 2 32 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 17 56
7 Grêmio 35 13 17 5 51 37 17 9 6 2 32 21 18 4 11 3 19 16 14 56
8 Athletico PR 36 14 8 14 36 35 18 8 5 5 18 13 18 6 3 9 18 22 1 50
9 Santos 35 13 11 11 50 48 17 8 6 3 33 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 2 50
10 Corinthians 35 13 10 12 45 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 17 5 4 8 16 21 1 49
11 Bragantino 35 12 12 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 17 3 7 7 16 21 9 48
12 Ceara 35 12 10 13 49 47 17 6 5 6 19 21 18 6 5 7 30 26 2 46
13 Atletico GO 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 5 9 4 21 20 18 6 4 8 15 23 -7 46
14 Sport Recife 35 12 5 18 29 45 17 8 1 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 41
15 Fortaleza 36 10 11 15 34 38 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 2 5 11 14 27 -4 41
16 Bahia 36 10 8 18 42 59 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 2 6 10 17 33 -17 38
17 Vasco da Gama 36 9 10 17 34 54 18 6 5 7 18 19 18 3 5 10 16 35 -20 37
18 Goias 36 9 9 18 39 60 18 6 4 8 19 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -21 36
19 Coritiba 35 6 10 19 29 49 17 3 6 8 12 17 18 3 4 11 17 32 -20 28
20 Botafogo 36 4 12 20 30 60 18 2 5 11 15 30 18 2 7 9 15 30 -30 24

Table
  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 36 20 9 7 60 33 18 12 4 2 34 17 18 8 5 5 26 16 27 69
2 Flamengo 36 20 8 8 65 45 18 10 4 4 33 22 18 10 4 4 32 23 20 68
3 Atletico Mineiro 36 18 8 10 59 43 18 13 4 1 39 13 18 5 4 9 20 30 16 62
4 Sao Paulo 34 16 11 7 54 37 17 9 6 2 26 14 17 7 5 5 28 23 17 59
5 Fluminense 35 16 9 10 49 40 18 10 5 3 29 14 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 57
6 Palmeiras 34 15 11 8 49 32 18 9 7 2 32 15 16 6 4 6 17 17 17 56
7 Grêmio 35 13 17 5 51 37 17 9 6 2 32 21 18 4 11 3 19 16 14 56
8 Athletico PR 36 14 8 14 36 35 18 8 5 5 18 13 18 6 3 9 18 22 1 50
9 Santos 35 13 11 11 50 48 17 8 6 3 33 22 18 5 5 8 17 26 2 50
10 Corinthians 35 13 10 12 45 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 17 5 4 8 16 21 1 49
11 Bragantino 35 12 12 11 49 40 18 9 5 4 33 19 17 3 7 7 16 21 9 48
12 Ceara 35 12 10 13 49 47 17 6 5 6 19 21 18 6 5 7 30 26 2 46
13 Atletico GO 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 5 9 4 21 20 18 6 4 8 15 23 -7 46
14 Sport Recife 35 12 5 18 29 45 17 8 1 8 17 20 18 4 4 10 12 25 -16 41
15 Fortaleza 36 10 11 15 34 38 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 2 5 11 14 27 -4 41
16 Bahia 36 10 8 18 42 59 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 2 6 10 17 33 -17 38
17 Vasco da Gama 36 9 10 17 34 54 18 6 5 7 18 19 18 3 5 10 16 35 -20 37
18 Goias 36 9 9 18 39 60 18 6 4 8 19 28 18 3 5 10 20 32 -21 36
19 Coritiba 35 6 10 19 29 49 17 3 6 8 12 17 18 3 4 11 17 32 -20 28
20 Botafogo 36 4 12 20 30 60 18 2 5 11 15 30 18 2 7 9 15 30 -30 24

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.