Goias vs Bahia Prediction & Betting Tips

The Série A fixture at Estádio Hailé Pinheiro on Friday will see home side Goias lock horns with opponents Bahia.

View all Goias v Bahia tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - along with the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Goias

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Goias will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-1 Série A loss in their previous game against Flamengo.

Pedro (39', 90') scored for Flamengo.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Goias have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Verdão have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 14 goals on the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Goias:

• haven't lost in the league to Bahia in their last 3 games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Bahia

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Fluminense in Série A competition, Bahia will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Bahia managed 50% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Fluminense had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Nenê (72') scored for Fluminense.

The stats don’t lie, and Bahia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals overall. At the back, Tricolor de Aço seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/07/2013 shows us that Goias have won 3 of them & Bahia 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

20 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 from Verdão and 8 created by Tricolor de Aço. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

🗞️ Team News: Goias

Goias manager Ney Franco will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all before this game owing to a completely healthy group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Bahia

With a fully healthy squad to choose from, Bahia manager Roger Machado has no fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Bahia and Goias may well end up cancelling each other out here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. That’s why we have predicted a 1-1 score at the conclusion of the game.

Andre Moura, 23:15 14/10/2020