📏 Form Guide

Palmeiras

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Palmeiras, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-3 Copa Libertadores success against Bolívar.

In that match, Palmeiras managed 24% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Palmeiras, the goalscorers were José Manuel López (19') and Maurício (73'). For their opponents, Bolivar had 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Fábio Gomes (56', 69') was the scorer for Bolívar.

Palmeiras haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 11 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 4.

Their past results show that Palmeiras:

• have not lost a league tie with Bahia in their last 3 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Bahia

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Bahia come into this meeting following on from a 1-0 Copa Libertadores win versus Atlético Nacional in their previous fixture.

In that game, Bahia had 45% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Bahia was Willian José (71'). At the other end, Atlético Nacional got 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Rogério Ceni's Bahia have found the back of the net a total of 5 times in the course of their latest six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during that period equals 6.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Bahia:

• have not registered a win against Palmeiras in games played away from home for the previous 8 league matches. An awful away record.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 27/06/2021 tells us that Palmeiras have won 4 of them and Bahia 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 12 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 of them for Verdão and 4 being from Tricolor de Aço. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The last league game featuring the two was Serie A match day 34 on 20/11/2024 and the score finished Bahia 1-2 Palmeiras.

That day, Bahia had 58% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Luciano Rodríguez (27').

For their opponents, Palmeiras got 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. Raphael Veiga (41') and José Manuel López (89') scored.

The referee was Wagner do Nascimento.

ℹ️ Team News: Palmeiras

Marcos Rocha (Calf injury), Mayke (Hamstring injury), Bruno Rodrigues (Knee injury), Raphael Veiga (Shoulder injury), Murilo (Hamstring injury), Richard Ríos (Injury to the ankle), Micael (ankle sprain) and Vitor Roque (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Palmeiras gaffer Abel Ferreira.

We think that Verdão may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one featuring Weverton, Agustín Giay, Gustavo Gomez, Bruno Fuchs, Joaquín Piquerez, Emiliano Martínez, Lucas Evangelista, Estevão, Felipe Anderson, Facundo Torres and Paulinho.

📰 Team News: Bahia

Bahia boss Rogério Ceni has not got a full squad to pick from. Santiago Arias (Hamstring injury), Ronaldo (Hamstring injury), Michel Araújo (Hamstring injury), Kanu (Muscle injury) and Gabriel Xavier (Calf injury) will miss out on this game.

We believe Tricolor de Aço seem likely to make use of a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Marcos Felipe, Gilberto, Fredi Gomes, David Duarte, Luciano Juba, Jean Lucas, Everton Ribeiro, Caio Alexandre, Cauly, Luciano Rodríguez and Erick Pulga.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Palmeiras should be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Bahia may well find it hard getting on the scoresheet although we do see them hitting back at some stage, too.

We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Palmeiras when all’s said and done.

Lucas Pereira, 21:02 27/04/2025