Bahia cannot ask for any handouts from hosts Sport Recife in this Serie B fixture. Here's the full match preview!
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie B game only four days ago. That game, against Criciuma, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bahia.
Sport Recife form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho as Sport Recife have scored 17 goals to get 31 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 9-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Sport Recife tasted defeat here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 182 minutes without scoring a league goal. Coutinho was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Oliveira led his Recife to a defeat away at Ponte Preta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho. Goalkeeper Saulo got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.82 out of ten. Saulo saved a penalty.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting CRB (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Sport Recife perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sport Recife as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Sport Recife has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 29 league matches, 23 have had zero, one or two goals.
Sport Recife has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Recife have only let in 4 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Bahia form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Bahia playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Criciuma (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Tombense.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Bahia in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Bahia, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 16 of this team's latest 19 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bahia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bahia - Sport Recife 1-0 was the story when this pair of squads previously met, earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: seven wins for Recife, zero draws and three wins for Bahia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Alvarenga de Oliveira 8 goals |   K. de Andrade Rodrigues 5 goals |  Luciano 4 goals |
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| Sport Recife | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 23 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 33 |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 76% | 79% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 93% |
| 41% | 43% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 21% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 52% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 45% |
| 45% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 34% |
| 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13.8 | 15.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.1 | 13.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 21% | 28% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 12.1 | 9.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14.1 | 11.8 |
| 3.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Sport Recife have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sport Recife have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sport Recife have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 62 |
| 2 | Bahia | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 51 |
| 3 | Gremio | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 50 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 45 |
| 5 | Londrina | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | Ituano | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Sport Recife | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | CRB | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 40 |
| 9 | Ponte Preta | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Criciuma | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Tombense | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -4 | 39 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 32 |
| 15 | CSA | 29 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 32 |
| 16 | Brusque | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | Vila Nova | 29 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 18 | Operario PR | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -12 | 30 |
| 19 | Guarani | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 20 | Nautico | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
