Wednesday’s Copa Libertadores fixture list features Bahia battling it out with Nacional de Football.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Bahia v Nacional de Football can be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Bahia
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Bahia will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-1 Copa do Brasil triumph vs Paysandu.
In that game, Bahia managed 68% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bahia was Cauly (43'). Paysandu had 15 shots on goal with 1 on target.
Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the last 6 meetings where Bahia have been participants. Regarding the goal distribution from this period, opposing sides scored a total of 4 while Bahia got themselves 5. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend might continue on here in this game or not.
Nacional de Football
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Nacional de Football will go into the clash following on from a 4-0 Primera Division (Apertura) win with the downing of Cerro in their most recent outing.
The only scorer from Nacional de Football was Eduardo Vargas (48').
Illustrating their bias toward action-packed matches, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the prior 6 matches in which Nacional de Football have played, yielding a mean average of 3.5 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have managed 6 of this grand total.
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Head to head
The last league game between these sides was Copa Libertadores match day 2 on 09/04/2025 when it ended Nacional de Football 0-1 Bahia.
That time, Nacional de Football had 44% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target.
On the other side, Bahia had 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Erick Pulga (64') was the scorer.
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Team News: Bahia
Santiago Arias (Hamstring injury), Ronaldo (Hamstring injury) and Kanu (Muscle injury) aren’t available for Bahia boss Rogério Ceni.
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Prediction
It looks to us that Bahia should really score more than once when they face Nacional de Football, who might well find it a difficult task to score themselves.
We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 2-0 victory for Bahia after 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking the latest betting odds for this match on the 90 minute result market, the win for Bahia can be had for 1.55, backing a drawn result is 4.1 & staking on victory for Nacional de Football comes in at 5.75. They’re the top returns available as of now.
Victor Martins,
03:00 04/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Bahia
Formed: 1931
Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova (50,025)
Captain: Éverton Ribeiro
Chairman: Emerson Ferretti
Manager: Rogério Ceni
Competitions: Serie A position 7, Copa do Brasil (Third Round), Copa Libertadores (Group F)