A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Bahia fans in this Arena Fonte Nova clash with Operário PR, as they enjoy a solid lead on the opposition in the Serie B table.
- Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Operário PR have to travel 2400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Bahia and Operário PR.
Bahia form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Arena Fonte Nova as Bahia have scored 24 goals to get 35 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 11-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Copete was the last player to score a league goal for Bahia and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bahia haven't scored in 184 minutes.
The Bahia fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Arena Fonte Nova: A 1-2 defeat against Operário PR (placed 19th). Goulart (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.15/10. Goulart scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sport Recife.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Bahia home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 21 league matches, 17 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Bahia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Fonte Nova with 24 goals in 15 league matches. Bahia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Operário PR form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Operário PR so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-9 (win-draw-lose).
Operário have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Garcia was the goal scorer.
Operário PR play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Bahia (placed 3rd). Confreste got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, top player of the team. Confreste signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-1 loss hosting Guarani before that.A tale of few goals? 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
The attacking power of Operário PR when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Operário PR struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other previously this match year: Operário PR - Bahia 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Alvarenga de Oliveira 8 goals |  P. Luiz de Souza 5 goals |
Bahia missing players
Operário PR missing players
| Bahia | Operário PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 34 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | 37 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 81% | 81% |
| 55% | 62% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 61% |
| 23% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | 35% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 6% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 10% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 35% |
| 35% | 19% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 56% | 48% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.4 | 15.8 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.9 | 11.1 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 31% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 11.5 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 16.5 | 13.8 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
- 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 at home.
- Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Operário PR have scored away.
- Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Operário PR have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Cruzeiro | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 68 |
| 2 | Gremio | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Bahia | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 48 |
| 5 | Londrina | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Ituano | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Ponte Preta | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 43 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -1 | 43 |
| 9 | Sampaio Correa | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | CRB | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 40 |
| 11 | Criciuma | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 12 | Tombense | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 13 | Vila Nova | 31 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Novorizontino | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 36 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 35 |
| 16 | Guarani | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | CSA | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 32 |
| 18 | Brusque | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 31 |
| 19 | Operário PR | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -13 | 30 |
| 20 | Nautico | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
