Sport Recife vs Bahia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd August 2025

Sport Recife enjoy home advantage, when visitors Bahia swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Serie A. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Sitting bottom of the table, Sport Recife have claimed five points after 15 rounds, while Bahia have amassed 28 points. This places the latter as number 4 in the Serie A at the moment.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for Sport Recife, who next face Bahia in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like Bahia.

Sport Recife scored six times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.6 goals a game. They conceded 17 and managed one clean sheets.

Bahia managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded six goals in total, and while claiming four clean sheets, they conceded 0.6 goals an average per game.

Sport Recife face off against Bahia for the first time in a while, with Sport Recife claiming a 1-0 win at undefined back then.

Sport Recife vs Bahia Prediction

Sport Recife Form

In their last three matches, Sport Recife lost 0-1 against Botafogo RJ, drew 2-2 with Vitoria and recorded a 2-2 draw with Santos FC. Sport Recife did not win any of their last six Serie A matches at the Sport Recife's stadium. They came through these matches with a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded 12 and scored five goals.

Sport Recife entered the season dreaming of medals, but find themselves far off track following a lousy run of form.

Bahia Form

Bahia look in good shape before their upcoming match as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Atletico MG by 2-1, before drawing 1-1 with Fortaleza. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Juventude by a 3-0 scoreline. Bahia won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Serie A. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and five scored.

Bahia are among the title candidates in the Serie A again this season, and first place is still within reach.

For whatever reason, Bahia and Sport Recife usually find goals tough to come by, when facing each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals our call here.

Sport Recife fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in eight goals. Bahia recorded two wins from their last four games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected eight points. They scored eight goals while conceding four. Sport Recife are looking at a record of zero wins, five draws and ten defeats in the Serie A this season. Bahia enjoy a record of eight wins, four draws and three defeats in the Serie A.

Sport Recife vs Bahia Squads

Sport Recife Squad

Daniel Paulista will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bahia from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):

Antonio Adriano (0/0), Caique Franca (0/12), Davi (0/0), Denis (0/0), Gabriel (0/3), Antonio Carlos (0/3), Chico (0/13), Felype Gabriel (0/0), Hereda (0/11), Igor Carius (0/12), Joao Silva (0/8), Kevyson (0/0), Lucas Cunha (0/6), Matheus Alexandre (0/8), Rafael Thyere (0/4), Rafinha (0/0), Ramon (0/3), Renzo (0/0), Christian Rivera (0/13), Chrystian Barletta (2/15), Dedezinho (0/0), Du Queiroz (0/11), Hyoran (0/0), Jefinho (0/0), Pedro Augusto (0/0), Sergio Oliveira (1/8), Ze Lucas (0/12), Derik Lacerda (1/3), Goncalo Paciencia (0/4), Lucas Lima (0/14), Matheusinho (0/3), Pablo (1/7), Rodrigo Atencio (0/10), Romarinho (2/8), Ze Roberto (0/0).

Bahia Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bahia players that the manager Rogerio Ceni will choose from for the upcoming game:

Danilo Fernandes (0/0), Gabriel Souza (0/0), Marcos Felipe (0/11), Ronaldo (0/5), Andre Dhominique (0/0), Gabriel Xavier (0/4), Gilberto Junior (1/12), Iago (0/5), Jose Guilherme (0/0), Kanu (0/2), Luciano Juba (3/15), Nicolas Acevedo (0/10), Ryan Santos (0/0), Santiago Arias (0/6), Santiago Ramos (0/14), Caio Alexandre (0/13), Cauly (1/12), David Duarte (0/12), Erick (3/8), Everton Ribeiro (1/14), Jean Lucas (2/13), Jota (0/0), Leo Cittadini (0/0), Rezende (0/1), Rodrigo Nestor (1/6), Ademir Santos (0/12), Erick Pulga (0/15), Kayky (1/9), Luciano Rodriguez (1/13), Michel Araujo (3/7), Tiago (0/4), Wendeson Dell (0/0), Willian Jose (2/12).

Sport Recife vs Bahia Team News

Bahia just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Sport Recife at the Sport Recife's stadium. Ronaldo is suspended from the Bahia squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Sport Recife vs Bahia Lineups

Sport Recife vs Bahia H2H

Sport Recife last faced Bahia on 19 November 2021 at undefined, when Sport Recife scored a 1-0 win. Sport Recife generally have the upper hand against Bahia, offering a fine 8-0-2 winning record before their next encounter. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 21/10.

Sport Recife vs Bahia Results

A high scoring match is a fairly rare occurrence when Sport Recife face Bahia as under 2.5 goals happened in eight times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies.

Sport Recife vs Bahia Betting Tips

Romarinho is the most prolific Serie A marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Bahia look to Willian Jose, hoping he can add to his current total of two Serie A goals in his latest games.

In their last 10 matches at Sport Recife's stadium across all tournaments Sport Recife won two times, drew three and lost five times. Bahia claimed three wins, one draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Sport Recife have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at Sport Recife's stadium. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Under 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten encounters between Sport Recife and Bahia as both teams not to score was a winning bet eight times. Sport Recife managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Bahia averaging 0.5 goals in these. Sport Recife saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Bahia, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves.