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Bahia vs Santos Live Stream, Predictions
Santos make the trip to Arena Fonte Nova on Friday for the Serie A game with home team Bahia.
Our tips, poll and stats for Bahia v Santos can all be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 Form Guide
Bahia
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Bahia will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-4 Serie A triumph versus Fortaleza.
In that match, Bahia had 40% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Bahia, the scorers were Rodriguinho (7', 62', 66') and Rossi (81'). Fortaleza had 11 shots at goal with 3 on target.
Over their preceding six games, Dado Cavalcanti's Bahia have found the net a total of 10 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.67.
Leading up to this clash, Bahia:
- haven't won against Santos in their last 4 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league games.
Santos
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In their last fixture, Santos drew 1-1 in the Serie A match with Fluminense.
In that match, Santos managed 62% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Santos was Jean Mota (87'). For their opponents, Fluminense got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Lucca (16') was the scorer for Fluminense.
Over the course of 5 of the past six clashes involving Santos, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game within that period works out to a paltry 2.33, with the number of goals averaged by Peixe being 1.33.
Their previous form shows that Santos:
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
- are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head meetings going back to 16/11/2017 tells us that Bahia have won 2 of these games and Santos 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.
In all, 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 for Tricolor de Aço and 8 being from Peixe. The average goals per game has been 2.17.
The previous league encounter between the two was Serie A match day 19 on 01/11/2020 which ended up with the score at Santos 3-1 Bahia.
That day, Santos managed 56% possession and 9 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Madson (10'), Marinho (26') and Jobson (37').
Bahia had 21 shots on goal with 6 on target. Daniel (28') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Heber Roberto Lopes.
📰 Team News: Bahia
Bahia boss Dado Cavalcanti will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash owing to a completely healthy squad to pick from.
ℹ️ Team News: Santos
Santos boss Alexi Cuca has to choose a team with limited availability. Raniel (Unknown Injury) and Carlos Sánchez (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not ready for selection.
✨ Prediction
For this match, we think that Santos are likely to put one past this Bahia outfit, but it might not be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 win for Bahia after the 90. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 00:20 24/02/2021

⚽️ Team Focus:
Bahia
Formed: 1931
Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova (50,000)
Captain: Lucas Fonseca
Chairman: Guilherme Bellintani
Manager: Dado Cavalcanti
Competitions: Serie A position 15
🔑 Key Man: Gilberto

Generally playing in the Striker position, Gilberto was born in Piranhas , Brazil. Having made his senior debut playing for Internacional in the 2011 season, the accomplished Forward has managed 9 league goals in this Série A 2020 season to date in 32 appearances.
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37 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 71 | WWDWW |
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37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 69 | WDLWL |
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37 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 65 | WLDDW |
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37 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 63 | LDWDL |
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37 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 61 | WWDWD |
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37 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 59 | DDWLW |
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37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 58 | DWLDD |
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37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 54 | DDWWD |
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37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 50 | WDDWL |
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37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 50 | WDLLD |
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37 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 50 | LWDDD |
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37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 49 | LLDLW |
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37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | -7 | 47 | WLDLD |
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37 | 12 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 42 | LWWDL |
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37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 41 | DLDDW |
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37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 41 | LWWLL |
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37 | 9 | 11 | 17 | -20 | 38 | DLLLD |
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37 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -21 | 37 | LWDWD |
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37 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -21 | 31 | DLLWL |
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37 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -29 | 27 | DLLLW |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 53 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-3 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Gilberto | 9 |
Rodriguinho | 7 |
Rossi | 4 |
Clayson | 3 |
Daniel | 3 |
Marinho | 17 |
Madson | 5 |
Kaio Jorge | 4 |
Marcos Leonardo | 4 |
Yeferson Soteldo | 4 |
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