📏 Form Guide

Vitoria

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Vitoria will be looking for an improved result here after the 0-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Palmeiras.

In that game, Vitoria managed 57% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. On the other side, Palmeiras had 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Richard Ríos (20') scored for Palmeiras.

Leo Condé's Vitoria have netted a sum total of 5 times over their past six outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games amounts to 6.

Heading into this fixture, Vitoria have not registered a win against Bahia in their last 4 matches in the league.

Bahia

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Bahia head into the clash following on from a 2-1 Serie A win with the eclipse of Fluminense in their most recent match.

In that match, Bahia managed 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Bahia, the goals were scored by Caio Alexandre (34') and Cauly (61'). Fluminense got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Germán Cano (4') was the scorer for Fluminense.

The numbers tell their own story, and Bahia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in total. Defensively, Bahia certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that Bahia:

• haven't been beaten by Vitoria when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 11/05/2014 tells us that Vitoria have won 1 of these & Bahia 2, with the number of draws being 3.

A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 7 of them for Leão da Barra and 10 belonging to Tricolor de Aço. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Serie A match day 33 on 11/11/2018 which ended up with the score at Vitoria 2-2 Bahia.

That time, Vitoria managed 49% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Léo Ceará (8', 68').

Bahia had 16 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Nílton (39') and Eric Ramires (72') scored.

The match was refereed by Luis Flávio de Oliveira.

🗞️ Team News: Vitoria

The Vitoria boss Leo Condé will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

In all likelihood, Leão da Barra will possibly make use of the 4-3-3 formation for this game and select Lucas Arcanjo, Zeca, Bruno Uvini, Wagner Leonardo, Lucas Esteves, Rodrigo Andrade, Willian Oliveira, Jean Mota, Matheuzinho, Alerrandro and Osvaldo Filho.

ℹ️ Team News: Bahia

Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Bahia gaffer Rogério Ceni to be concerned about. Nicolás Acevedo (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that Tricolor de Aço appear most likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation using Marcos Felipe, Santiago Arias, Gabriel Xavier, Víctor Cuesta, Luciano Juba, Everton Ribeiro, Caio Alexandre, Jean Lucas, Cauly, Ademir Santos and Thaciano.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Bahia and Vitoria may both find scoring difficult here.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 0-0 draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:01 21/04/2024