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Bahia

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Bahia will be hoping to bounce back here after a 4-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Fortaleza.

In that game, Bahia managed 63% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bahia was Everaldo (30'). For their opponents, Fortaleza had 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Marinho (28', 37'), Tomás Pochettino (80') and Renato Kayzer (89') scored for Fortaleza.

In their past 6 games, Rogério Ceni's Bahia have hit the target a total of 5 times - an average number of goals scored per match of 0.83.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bahia:

• have not been beaten in the league by Criciuma in their previous 6 games.
• have left without a victory over Criciuma in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Criciuma

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Criciuma will go into the meeting after a 1-2 Serie A win with the defeat of Grêmio in their most recent game.

In that game, Criciuma had 36% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Criciuma, the goals were scored by Arthur Caíke (14') and Ronald (78'). Gremio got 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. Mathías Villasanti (67') was the scorer for Grêmio.

It is worth noting that Criciuma have suffered from a lack of goals in their past six games, contributing the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, Tigrão have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 10. Still, it remains to be seen if such a trend might be maintained in this upcoming match.

👥 Head to head

A study of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 19/11/2014 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Criciuma. They have not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Bahia have dominated them, getting wins in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

A sum of 11 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them from Tricolor de Aço and 3 being from Tigrão. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The previous league game featuring the two was Serie A match day 9 on 16/06/2024 which ended up with the score at Criciuma 2-2 Bahia.

In that match, Criciuma managed 32% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Marcelo Hermes (34') and Arthur Caíke (46').

Bahia got 21 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Everaldo (56') and Caio Alexandre (72') scored.

The match was refereed by Flavio Rodrigues de Souza.

ℹ️ Team News: Bahia

Nicolás Acevedo (Cruciate ligament injury), Rezende (Hamstring injury) and Biel (Back problems) won’t be playing for Bahia boss Rogério Ceni.

We are thinking that Tricolor de Aço should employ a 4-3-1-2 system for this one, beginning the first half with Marcos Felipe, Santiago Arias, Kanu, Gabriel Xavier, Luciano Juba, Everton Ribeiro, Caio Alexandre, Jean Lucas, Cauly, Everaldo and Thaciano.

🗞️ Team News: Criciuma

There’s a good chance that Tigrão could decide to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, settling for Gustavo, Claudinho, Rodrigo Fagundes, Tobias Figueiredo, Marcelo Hermes, Fellipe Mateus, Barreto, Patrick de Paula, Marquinhos Gabriel, Allano and Arthur Caíke.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Bahia will more than likely get the goals that they need when they come up against Criciuma, who could well find it tough to get a goal of their own.

Accordingly, we see a decent 2-0 margin for Bahia when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 21:02 29/09/2024