Bahia vs Vitoria Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th August 2024

Despite a rather curious form recently, Bahia have a good opportunity to be victorious in round 22 of the Serie A season. They meet Vitoria this coming Sunday at the Bahia's stadium, where they hope to frustrate the visitors.

Bahia approach the next Serie A round as number 7 in the table, having claimed 32 points this season so far. With 21 games behind them, Vitoria amassed 21 points, placing them as number 15 before their next fixture.

Going into the match as underdog, Vitoria will be highly motivated to keep their positive run going against Bahia. A positive result at on Sunday certainly does not look beyond their powers.

Bahia go into their next Serie A match, scoring a humble average of 1.1 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 11 times, while conceding 13. That amounts to an average of 1.3 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Vitoria are currently not the most scoring team in the Serie A, as they only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. This is an average of just one goals a game in which they conceded 13 times, an average of 1.3 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Bahia played against Vitoria. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

Bahia vs Vitoria Prediction

Bahia Form

Bahia only managed to finish level twice in the last three matches. They first drew 1-1 against Internacional, followed by another draw. This time 1-1 against Botafogo RJ, before going down in a 1-0 defeat against Fluminense. Bahia claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored ten and conceded six goals.

Vitoria Form

Vitoria won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 1-2 against Flamengo, before beating Palmeiras 0-2. Another win followed, this time by 1-0 against Cuiaba. In their last six away matches in the Serie A, Vitoria won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying ten goals conceded and seven scored.

Bahia find it just as tough as Vitoria to get on the scoreboard these days, and a match short on goal looks highly likely, when they clash at Bahia's stadium.

Bahia took 16 points from their last 12 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 15 times and conceding 14. Vitoria claimed two wins and seven points from their last 11 encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A, while scoring 13 goals to 20 against. Bahia claimed nine wins, five draws as well as seven defeats in the Serie A this season. Vitoria enjoy a record of six wins, three draws and 12 defeats in the Serie A.

Bahia vs Vitoria Squads

Bahia Squad

Ceni will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Vitoria from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):

Adriel Ramos (0/0), Danilo Fernandes (0/0), Gabriel Souza (0/0), Marcos Felipe (0/21), Tiago Gomes (0/0), Cicinho (0/6), Gabriel Xavier (0/19), Gilberto Junior (1/13), Iago (0/5), Kanu (0/15), Luciano (1/20), Marcos Victor (0/0), Nicolas Acevedo (0/0), Santiago Arias (0/10), Victor Leandro Cuesta (0/6), Vitor Hugo (0/0), Biel (0/0), Caio Alexandre (2/20), Carlos De Pena (0/20), Cauly (2/21), David Duarte (1/1), Diego Rosa (0/0), Everaldo (6/20), Everton Ribeiro (0/21), Gabriel Teixeira (0/0), Jean Lucas (3/20), Rezende (0/15), Ricardo Goulart (0/0), Sidney (0/0), Thaciano (4/20), Yago (0/3), Ademir Santos (1/17), Lucas Aruba (0/0), Luciano Rodriguez (0/2), Rafael Ratao (1/7).

Vitoria Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Vitoria head coach Carpini will select from for his starting XI:

Alexandre Fintelman (0/0), Lucas Arcanjo (0/21), Muriel (0/0), Pedro Antonio (0/0), Bruno Uvini (0/6), Camutanga (0/5), Dankler (0/0), Gabriel Nunes (0/0), Joao Lucas (0/0), John Lessa (0/0), Lucas Esteves (0/0), Matheusinho (0/0), Neris (0/0), Patric Calmon (0/0), Raul Caceres (0/9), Reynaldo (0/0), Vicente (0/0), Vytor (0/0), Wagner Leonardo (3/20), Breno (0/0), Caio Vinicius (0/0), Daniel (0/0), Dudu (0/0), Fabio (0/0), Jean Mota (0/0), Lazaroni (0/0), Leo (0/0), Luan Santos (0/0), Machado (0/0), Matheusinho (3/20), Ricardo Ryller (0/0), Wanderson (0/0), Willean Lepo (0/17), Willian (0/0), Alerrandro (0/0), Carlos Eduardo (0/0), Everaldo (0/0), Iury Castilho (0/0), Janderson (0/0), Jose Hugo (0/0), Lawan (0/0), Luan (0/0), Luan (0/0), Luiz Adriano (0/0), Mateus (0/0), Mateus Martins (0/0), Osvaldo (1/15).

Bahia vs Vitoria Team News

Vitoria just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Bahia at the Bahia's stadium. Matheusinho is ineligible for selection in the Vitoria squad, as he is suspended.

Bahia vs Vitoria Lineups

Bahia vs Vitoria H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Bahia played against Vitoria. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. Bahia go into their upcoming match against Vitoria with a 30% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 3-5-2 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Bahia vs Vitoria Results

In the last ten matches between Bahia and Vitoria over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on at least three goals are at 1/1 with bookies.

Bahia vs Vitoria Betting Tips

Jean Lucas found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Osvaldo just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Bahia claimed a modest seven wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing two. Vitoria won two of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost six of the games in this run. Bahia kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches at Bahia's stadium hoping to do so again on Sunday. Vitoria kept a clean sheet in three of their last 10 away games.

The last ten encounters between Bahia and Vitoria saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Bahia averaging 1.5 goals a game. Vitoria scored 1.1 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. Bahia saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Vitoria's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.