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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi (30519 seats)

Juventude are longing to increase their points at their own arena in this soon-to-be-played fixture against Bahia.

Insights:
  • Juventude have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Serie A
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Serie A

Bahia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only three sleeps ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Juventude form and stats

Juventude have collected 20 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-5-4. Two draws in a row at home now for Juventude.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Ceara in the Serie A last time out and are looking for a win here. Sorriso, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.44 (out of 10). Sorriso hit two key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Gremio.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Juventude have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn four and lost one.

Juventude are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 14 games. Juventude's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bahia so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose).

Bahia delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Ceara (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Defender Nino Paraíba was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Paraíba hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 11 of 18 duels.

Before that, Bahia secured a home win against Chapecoense with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Bahia in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Bahia, six draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bahia as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bahia have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Bahia - Juventude 1-0 registered in the official records. Previous five meetings featuring these sides: Juventude won one, Bahia triumphed in three and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BahiaG. Oliveira Souza Junior
G. Oliveira Souza Junior
12 goals
JuventudeR. Bueno da Silva
R. Bueno da Silva
5 goals
BahiaH. Rodallega Martínez
H. Rodallega Martínez
5 goals

Juventude missing players

Bahia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Juventude Bahia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
6 5 4 Won W 2 3 8
11 5 1 Drew D 1 4 8
11 4 0 Lost L 1 7 12
27 14 7 Scored S 4 13 32
36 14 0 Conceded C 3 21 39
93% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
75% 71% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 71%
39% 36% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 18%
57% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 39%
25% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 32%
25% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
3.8 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.5 5.4
5.1 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.1 5.4
2.5 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 13.1 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.4 12.2
3.5 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.9
28% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Serie A
  • Juventude have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) 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 Atletico Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
4 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 28 10 9 9 28 30 14 6 5 3 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 17 -2 39
9 Atletico GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceara 28 6 15 7 26 30 14 6 6 2 18 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -4 33
15 Bahia 28 8 8 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 32
16 Santos 28 7 11 10 25 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 32
17 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
18 Sport Recife 28 6 9 13 15 24 14 3 5 6 6 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -9 27
19 Gremio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

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 Atletico Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
4 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 28 10 9 9 28 30 14 6 5 3 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 17 -2 39
9 Atletico GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 America Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Atletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceara 28 6 15 7 26 30 14 6 6 2 18 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -4 33
15 Bahia 28 8 8 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 32
16 Santos 28 7 11 10 25 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 32
17 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
18 Sport Recife 28 6 9 13 15 24 14 3 5 6 6 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -9 27
19 Gremio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

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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.