The Serie A fixture at Arena Fonte Nova on Friday will see hosts Bahia facing Chapecoense.
All Bahia v Chapecoense match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (plus the best game odds).
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Bahia
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Bahia, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-1 Serie A success vs Botafogo.
In that match, Bahia had 69% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. The only player to score for Bahia was Duarte (92'). At the other end, Botafogo had 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. Huguinho (7') and Nahuel Ferraresi (57' Own goal) scored for Botafogo.
Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Bahia have participated. Their opponents scored 11 of them in this period while Bahia managed a tally of 9. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen if such a trend will persist in this next match or not.
Taking a look at their past results, Bahia:
- have left without a victory over Chapecoense in their last 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
Chapecoense
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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Palmeiras in Serie A competition, Chapecoense and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, Chapecoense managed 52% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Palmeiras had 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Paulinho (65') scored for Palmeiras.
Looking at their form, and Chapecoense have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall. Defensively, Chapecoense have not been doing too well.
Their previous form shows that Chapecoense:
- are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 28/07/2019, there has been little between the sides with Bahia winning 2 of those games, Chapecoense 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.
In all, 12 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Tricolor de Aço and 5 belonging to Verdão. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The last league game featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 32 on 01/10/2022 when it finished Chapecoense 3-1 Bahia.
That time, Chapecoense managed 53% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Thomás (48'), William Popp (70') and Maílton (93').
At the other end, Bahia got 12 shots at goal with 4 on target.
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Team News: Bahia
We think that Tricolor de Aço will possibly use a 4-3-3 system for this one, utilising Ronaldo, Nicolás Acevedo, David Duarte, Santi Ramos Mingo, Ze Guilherme, Caio Alexandre, Erick Carvalho, Rodrigo Nestor, Ademir Santos, Willian José and Erick Pulga.
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Team News: Chapecoense
There’s a good chance that Verdão might utilise a 4-3-3 formation, going with Anderson Paixao, Marcos Vinicius, Rafael Thyere, Everton, Bruno Pacheco, Camilo, Bruno Matias, Giovanni Augusto, Sebastião Enio, Yannick Bolasie and Marcinho.
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Prediction
We feel that Bahia can and should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
Conversely, Chapecoense will not find it easy to score a goal of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be being dangerous at times, too.
Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Bahia by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the win-draw-win market, staking on Bahia is best priced at 1.39, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 5 and putting your money on a victory for Chapecoense will get you 6.5. They are the top bets offered right now.
Peter Guest,
02:03 13/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Bahia
Formed: 1931
Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova (50,025)
Captain: Éverton Ribeiro
Chairman: Emerson Ferretti
Manager: Rogério Ceni
Competitions: Serie A position 7
🔑 Star Man: José
Mostly playing in the Striker position, José was born in Porto Calvo, Brazil. After having made a senior debut playing for Barueri in the 2009 season, the goalscoring Forward has hit 3 league goals in the Série A 2026 season to date in a total of 16 appearances.