A total of ten rounds of matches have been played and both Bahia and Sport Recife are doing great. Get this show on the road!
- Bahia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie B
- Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sport Recife have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sport Recife have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Bahia have less rest than Sport Recife in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie B game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Criciuma, was also a home game here at Arena Fonte Nova. The away team is better rested.
Bahia form and stats
The Serie B statistics playing at home this season for Bahia, who have the most points (15) at home in Serie B, are 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Arena Fonte Nova.
A nice win for Bahia last time playing, versus Criciuma. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Davó (2) scoring for the victors. Bahia goalkeeper Fernandes did an outstanding job against Criciuma with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The forward Davó bested all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Davó scored two goals.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Tombense.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bahia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Bahia after this match as they are travelling to Operario PR for a Serie B game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Bahia are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Bahia have only let in 2 goals at home.
Sport Recife form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sport Recife playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
Sport Recife won their last game, 2-1 versus Ponte Preta played at home. Vanegas came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Ponte Preta last time out, making the manager Pozzo feel like a tactical genius. Juba, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.3. Juba scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A loss against CRB was the result prior to that, in a home game.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sport Recife when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Recife's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. Sport Recife's manager Pozzo has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - zero - eight (Bahia wins - draws - Sport Recife wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Rodallega Martínez 4 goals |   J. Parraguez Herrera 4 goals |  J. Flores dos Reis 3 goals |
Bahia missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Bahia | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 4.3 | 2.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.4 | 11.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 33% | 61% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 22% |
| 12.5 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17.2 | 14.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
- Bahia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- 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 Sport Recife have scored away.
- Bahia have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bahia have the most points (15) at home in Serie B
- Bahia have the most scored goals (11) at home in Serie B
- Bahia have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie B
- Bahia have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Serie B
- Bahia have won all their matches at home so far.
- Bahia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Bahia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sport Recife 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Bahia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Operario PR | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Gremio | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Novorizontino | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Sampaio Correa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Nautico | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Tombense | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | CSA | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Londrina | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | CRB | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Brusque | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Ituano | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Criciuma | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Vila Nova | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 19 | Ponte Preta | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 20 | Guarani | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
