The league table is allowed to rest as Bahia and Nacional Asunción battle for Copa Sudamericana honors in this first 1st Round leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Bahia form and stats
Bahia participated in Copa Sudamericana the last season, where they reached the 1st round and lost against Liverpool.Happy days for Bahia in their previous game, a Baiano 1 match away at Jacobina that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Vitoria with the scoreline 0-2.
There will be little rest for Bahia after this match as they are travelling to Ceará for a Copa do Nordeste game in only three days.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 2nd round, when Botafogo drew the shortest straw.Four points from two away games for Nacional Asunción, meaning one draw and one victory in the Division 1 so far.
Nacional Asunción are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sportivo San Lorenzo. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Libertad.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Guaraní in just three days.
Nacional Asunción have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 14 goals |  A. Guimarães 8 goals |  A. do Nascimento Cruz 5 goals |
Bahia missing players
Nacional Asunción missing players
| Bahia | Nacional Asunción | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 335 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 115 | 247 | ||
| 122 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 102 | ||
| 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guaraní | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Libertad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Nacional Asunción | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Guairena | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | River Plate | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueno | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 |