Santos oppose Bahia for prestige and sporting success.
Bahia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Santos nor Bahia 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.
Santos form and stats
Only two Serie A home games for Santos so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Hellmann led his Santos to a defeat away at Cruzeiro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. The forward Leonardo was announced as "man of the match" for Santos with the rating of 7.41/10. Leonardo served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Newell's Old Boys in the Copa Sudamericana. 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 Santos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Santos are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Vasco da Gama awaits in four days.
Santos has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Bahia form and stats
Bahia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
The fans enjoyed Bahia's previous match versus Coritiba (placed 19th), a 3-1 win played at home. Attacker Cauly got a player rating of 8.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Cauly signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Vasco da Gama with the score of 1-0.A new game in only three days for Bahia, the Serie A home match versus Flamengo. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Bahia has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos five wins, one draw and Bahia four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  ?. Borges Damaceno 1 goals |  M. Santos Almeida 1 goals |  E. dos Santos Bauermann 1 goals |
Santos missing players
Bahia missing players
| Santos | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 12.2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 15.2 | 17 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 10.8 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| Santos | Last season | Bahia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 62% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 54% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 23% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 46% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 31% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 23% | ||
| 5.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Gremio | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Internacional | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Cuiabá | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Goiás | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 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 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 11 |
