National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bahia or Melgar that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Melgar.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Bahia form and stats
Bahia have reached this Copa Sudamericana stage through battling and winning against Melgar and Nacional Asuncion.4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Bahia have to build on here at Arena Fonte Nova in the Serie A. This match is a Copa Sudamericana match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Bahia has recorded two wins in a row here at Arena Fonte Nova, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
No payout for Bahia in their previous match, an away game at Santos that ended in defeat 1-3. Prior to that, an away loss at Melgar in the Copa Sudamericana.
Bahia are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew zero and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bahia as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Botafogo are visiting.
Bahia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Fonte Nova with 14 goals in 9 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's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Melgar form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nacional Potosi and Bahia in order to reach 2nd Round of Copa Sudamericana. Melgar was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the 2nd round last season.It's not happening yet for Melgar on their Primera Division travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Sudamericana stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Three has not been a lucky number for Melgar as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Deportivo Municipal match. Melgar has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Melgar have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 268 minutes ago. J. Vidales was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Melgar in their previous game, as they lost their Primera Division-match, hosting Alianza Lima, 0-4. A 0-2 defeat away at Ayacucho before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Alianza Lima was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
You'll want to know how Melgar managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and two home wins.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melgar has managed 1 goal and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Bahia and Melgar have met before this season: Melgar - Bahia 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  O. Arce Jaramillo 9 goals |  J. Sánchez Alegria 5 goals |   G. Oliveira Souza Junior 4 goals |
Bahia missing players
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| Bahia | Melgar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 327 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 149 | 294 | ||
| 112 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 97 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Santos | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Grêmio | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceara | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Atletico PR | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Goias | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Garcilaso | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Cesar Vallejo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Ayacucho | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Sport Boys | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Deportivo Municipal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Deportivo Llacuabamba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Carlos Manucci | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sport Huancayo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Melgar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 0 |