Bahia vs Grêmio Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Bahia

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Bahia prepare for this fixture following on from a 2-2 Serie A tied result versus Vitoria.

In that game, Bahia managed 57% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Bahia, the goalscorers were Biel (69') and Everaldo (72'). Vitoria had 13 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Matheuzinho (20') and Wagner Leonardo (57') scored for Vitoria.

It has not been often in recent times that Bahia have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Bahia have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals on the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bahia:

• have left without a victory over Grêmio in their previous 4 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Grêmio

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Grêmio come into this encounter following on from a 0-1 Copa Libertadores win to beat Estudiantes de La Plata in their most recent fixture.

In 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Grêmio, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes out as a meagre 1.67, with the average goals for Tricolor dos Pampas being 0.67. That sort of pattern might not follow through into this match, however.

Ahead of this meeting, Grêmio are undefeated by Bahia when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 03/07/2022 shows us that Bahia have won 0 of these and Grêmio 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 4.

A combined sum of 10 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from Tricolor de Aço and 6 for Tricolor dos Pampas. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The previous league clash between these sides was Serie A match day 32 on 04/11/2023 when it finished Grêmio 1-0 Bahia.

That day, Grêmio had 41% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Luis Suárez (70').

On the other side, Bahia had 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Bráulio da Silva Machado.

ℹ️ Team News: Bahia

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Bahia gaffer Rogério Ceni to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Nicolás Acevedo (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out.

It looks as if Tricolor de Aço will probably use a 4-4-2 system for the game, handing starts to Marcos Felipe, Santiago Arias, Gabriel Xavier, Víctor Cuesta, Luciano Juba, Everton Ribeiro, Caio Alexandre, Jean Lucas, Cauly, Ademir Santos and Thaciano.

📰 Team News: Grêmio

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Grêmio boss Renato Portaluppi to be concerned about. Felipe Carballo (surgery) won’t be playing here.

We are inclined to think that Tricolor dos Pampas could decide to utilise a 4-3-3 system, settling for Agustín Marchesín, João Pedro, Rodrigo Ely, Gustavo Martins, Ze Guilherme, Du Queiroz, Franco Cristaldo, Mathías Villasanti, Gustavo Nunes, João Pedro Galvão and Yeferson Soteldo.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Grêmio should be able to score a goal against this Bahia team, but that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Bahia when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Lucas Pereira, 17:14 25/04/2024