Bahia get ready to welcome Unión Santa Fe for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa Sudamericana 8th Finals leg 1 of 2.
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.
It's quite the trip for Unión Santa Fe when visiting Bahia as the cities are 3800 kilometers apart.
Bahia form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Bahia at their home stadium (Arena Fonte Nova) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. This match is a Copa Sudamericana match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Bahia has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Arena Fonte Nova. We remember; it was Sport Recife.
In their previous game, the manager L. Venker de Menezes led his Bahia to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Bragantino. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Arena Fonte Nova. In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Coritiba with a 2-1 scoreline.
Bahia were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bahia handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sao Paulo are coming to town in four days.
Bahia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Fonte Nova with 17 goals in 11 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. On the other hand, Bahia have conceded 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Unión Santa Fe form and stats
Unión Santa Fe's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the 1st round.Total Copa Sudamericana statistics for Unión Santa Fe: 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Unión Santa Fe play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Arsenal de Sarandi. A 1-3 defeat away at Atletico Tucuman before that.
We have checked recent matches where Unión have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, two draws and seven defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Unión now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Racing Club is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 5 goals |  R. Costa Marinho 4 goals |  D. Sampaio Simões 3 goals |
Bahia missing players
Unión Santa Fe missing players
| Bahia | Unión Santa Fe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 28 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 340 | 181 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 243 | ||
| 115 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 95 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Internacional | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Santos | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Gremio | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Bahia | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 28 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Sport Recife | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 15 | Ceara | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Atletico GO | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 12 |