Bahia v Grêmio betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 03.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Fonte Nova (48000 seats)

A total of 15 sets of fixtures are played and both Bahia and Grêmio are doing great. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie B

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an animated fixture!

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Bahia form and stats

Bahia are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Arena Fonte Nova. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Bahia are returning here after visiting Brusque and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Rezende and Rodallega scored the goal(s). Goalkeeper Fernandes got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.91 out of ten. Fernandes topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Novorizontino (0-1).

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 Bahia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from Bahia in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bahia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Fonte Nova in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Grêmio form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 1 win, 6 draws and 1 defeat. Grêmio has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as five in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

Grêmio are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Londrina (placed 13th). The attacker Souza got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Souza served one assist and hit five key passes.

A 1-1 draw at CSA's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Grêmio playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Grêmio wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Grêmio's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. Grêmio are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bahia victories, two draws and five Grêmio wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrêmioE. Alves de Paula
E. Alves de Paula
5 goals
BahiaH. Rodallega Martínez
H. Rodallega Martínez
4 goals
GrêmioD. de Souza Andrade
D. de Souza Andrade
4 goals

Bahia missing players

Grêmio missing players

Bahia Grêmio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 8 15
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 6
1 0 0 Drew D 2 6 7
5 2 0 Lost L 1 1 2
17 12 3 Scored S 0 3 13
8 4 0 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 50% 67%
40% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 40%
20% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 7%
7% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 20%
47% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 62% 67%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 47%
 
4.2 3.4 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.5 5.9
5.5 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.9 4.7
2.8 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.2 1.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.3 13.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10 13.1
4.2 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 5.3
27% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 16%
 
12.2 11.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.8 10.7
3.9 4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Bahia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grêmio have scored away.
  • Bahia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie B
  • Grêmio have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruzeiro 15 12 1 2 20 6 8 8 0 0 13 1 7 4 1 2 7 5 14 37
2 Vasco da Gama 15 8 6 1 16 7 8 6 2 0 10 1 7 2 4 1 6 6 9 30
3 Bahia 15 9 1 5 17 8 8 6 0 2 12 4 7 3 1 3 5 4 9 28
4 Grêmio 15 6 7 2 13 5 7 5 1 1 10 2 8 1 6 1 3 3 8 25
5 Sport Recife 15 5 6 4 10 8 7 4 2 1 6 2 8 1 4 3 4 6 2 21
6 Tombense 15 4 9 2 16 14 8 3 5 0 10 7 7 1 4 2 6 7 2 21
7 Brusque 16 6 2 8 12 15 8 4 1 3 7 5 8 2 1 5 5 10 -3 20
8 Criciuma 15 5 5 5 16 14 8 4 2 2 10 5 7 1 3 3 6 9 2 20
9 Novorizontino 15 5 5 5 14 16 8 3 2 3 9 10 7 2 3 2 5 6 -2 20
10 Operario PR 16 5 4 7 16 18 7 4 0 3 10 7 9 1 4 4 6 11 -2 19
11 Sampaio Correa 16 5 4 7 16 18 7 5 2 0 13 4 9 0 2 7 3 14 -2 19
12 CRB 15 5 4 6 11 17 8 3 4 1 7 5 7 2 0 5 4 12 -6 19
13 Londrina 14 5 3 6 15 17 8 4 3 1 13 8 6 1 0 5 2 9 -2 18
14 Chapecoense 15 4 6 5 14 13 7 1 2 4 7 10 8 3 4 1 7 3 1 18
15 Ituano 14 4 5 5 15 14 6 2 3 1 6 4 8 2 2 4 9 10 1 17
16 Nautico 15 3 6 6 13 18 8 1 4 3 8 9 7 2 2 3 5 9 -5 15
17 CSA 15 2 9 4 9 13 7 2 5 0 7 5 8 0 4 4 2 8 -4 15
18 Ponte Preta 15 3 5 7 9 14 7 2 3 2 4 3 8 1 2 5 5 11 -5 14
19 Guarani 15 2 7 6 9 18 8 1 5 2 2 6 7 1 2 4 7 12 -9 13
20 Vila Nova 16 1 9 6 9 17 8 1 6 1 4 4 8 0 3 5 5 13 -8 12

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.