Bahia vs Santos Live Stream, Predictions

📊 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