📏 Form Guide

Bahia

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Bahia won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against Internacional.

In that game, Bahia had 48% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Bahia was Biel (70'). Internacional got 17 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Wesley (72') and Fernando (83') scored for Internacional.

Over their prior six games, Rogério Ceni's Bahia have hit the back of the net a combined total of 12 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 2.

Fluminense

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Last time out, Fluminense drew 2-2 in the Serie A tie with Red Bull Bragantino.

In that game, Fluminense had 69% possession and 26 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. The only player to score for Fluminense was Lima (45', 68'). On the other side, Red Bull Bragantino had 16 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Eduardo Sasha (47') and Thiago Borbas (52') scored for Red Bull Bragantino.

During their six latest matches, Fernando Diniz's Fluminense have slotted home a total of 7 times thus yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Going into this encounter, Fluminense have not won against Bahia when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes going back to 11/10/2020 shows us that Bahia have won 2 of them and Fluminense 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined total of 10 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 of them from Tricolor de Aço and 6 coming from Tricolor. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.

The last league game between these clubs was Serie A match day 31 on 31/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Bahia 1-0 Fluminense.

In that game, Bahia had 44% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Everaldo (40').

Fluminense had 17 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Edina Alves Batista.

📋 Team News: Bahia

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Bahia boss Rogério Ceni to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Nicolás Acevedo (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.

It seems likely that Tricolor de Aço may well use the 4-3-3 formation and select Marcos Felipe, Santiago Arias, Kanu, Víctor Cuesta, Luciano Juba, Rezende, Caio Alexandre, Jean Lucas, Everton Ribeiro, Oscar Estupiñán and Thaciano.

🗞️ Team News: Fluminense

Thanks to a mainly healthy group of players, there is only the lone fitness worry for the Fluminense gaffer Fernando Diniz to be concerned about. Calegari (Knee surgery) won’t be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that Tricolor appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Fabio, Samuel Xavier, Manoel, Martinelli, Diogo Barbosa, André Trindade, Vinícius Lima, Jhon Arias, Ganso, Marquinhos and Germán Cano.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Fluminense are dangerous enough to put a goal past this Bahia outfit, however it might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Bahia at the end of the match. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 00:05 17/04/2024