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Santos

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Santos won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-1 Serie A losing effort in their last game against Vasco da Gama.

In that match, Santos managed 47% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Santos was Álvaro Barreal (21'). Vasco da Gama had 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Nuno Moreira (53') and Pablo Vegetti (78') scored for Vasco da Gama.

Pedro Caixinha's Santos have scored a sum total of 9 times over their prior 6 outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures is 6.

Heading into this fixture, Santos are unbeaten in the league by Bahia in their previous 3 matches.

Bahia

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In their previous fixture, Bahia drew 1-1 in the Copa Libertadores match with Internacional.

In that match, Bahia managed 60% possession and 21 shots at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Bahia was Jean Lucas (74'). Internacional had 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Enner Valencia (84') scored for Internacional.

Throughout their six latest matches, Rogério Ceni's Bahia have found the back of the net 6 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.

Coming into this clash, Bahia have not registered a win against Santos in games played away from home for the previous 8 matches in the league. A very poor set of away results, indeed.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 29/05/2021 tells us that Santos have won 2 of them & Bahia 1, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

A combined sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from Peixe and 5 for Tricolor de Aço. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Serie A match day 24 on 18/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Bahia 1-2 Santos.

In that game, Bahia managed 63% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Camilo Cándido (59').

At the other end, Santos got 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. Marcos Leonardo (73') and Julio César Furch (94') scored.

The referee was Ramon Abatti.

ℹ️ Team News: Santos

Souza (Injury to the ankle), Yeferson Soteldo (Adductor injury), Zé Rafael (Vertebral injury), Aderlan (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Neymar (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing for Santos manager Pedro Caixinha.

📰 Team News: Bahia

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness issue for the Bahia gaffer Rogério Ceni to be concerned about. Michel Araújo (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Bahia are dangerous enough to put one past this Santos side, however it isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Santos when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Peter Guest, 23:14 06/04/2025