📏 Form Guide
Bahia WLDLWD ⚖
Bahia will play in this fixture following on from a 1-1 Serie A drawn result against Juventude.
In that game, Bahia had 55% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bahia was Ademir (21'). At the other end, Juventude got 18 shots at goal with 7 on target. Taliari (28') scored for Juventude.
It has been all too rare in recent games that Bahia have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Bahia have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals along the way. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, however.
Heading into this fixture, Bahia are winless against Sport Recife in their previous 2 matches in the league.
Sport Recife LLLLLL 🆘
Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Santos in Serie A action, Sport Recife and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, Sport Recife managed 48% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Sport Recife was Kal (36' Own goal). Santos had 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Neymar (25') and Schmidt (67') scored for Santos.
Proving their predisposition for action-packed encounters, we’ve seen goals 26 times in the last six games in which Sport Recife have played, giving an average of 4.33 goals per fixture. Their opponents have managed 20 of those goals.
Coming into this meeting, Sport Recife are without an away win for the past 9 matches in the league. Who knows how long it might last, too.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 24/01/2021 shows that Bahia have won 1 of them & Sport Recife 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
In all, 6 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 1 from Tricolor de Aço and 5 being from Leão da Ilha. That’s an average goals per game of 1.
The last league fixture featuring these sides was Serie A match day 18 on 02/08/2025 which ended up with the score at Sport Recife 0-0 Bahia.
That time, Sport Recife had 35% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
At the other end, Bahia got 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Anderson Daronco.
ℹ️ Team News: Bahia
Mateo Sanabria (Cruciate ligament injury), André Dhominique (Cruciate ligament injury), Michel Araújo (Inner ligament stretch of the knee) and David Duarte (Thigh problems) won’t be available for Bahia boss Rogério Ceni.
It looks as if Tricolor de Aço should make use of the 4-3-3 system for the game, beginning the first half with Ronaldo, Gilberto, Kanu, Santi Ramos Mingo, Luciano Juba, Everton Ribeiro, Nicolás Acevedo, Caio Alexandre, Ademir Santos, Willian José and Erick Pulga.
📋 Team News: Sport Recife
From our viewpoint, Leão da Ilha seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with Gabriel, Matheus Alexandre, Rafael Thyere, Ramon Menezes, Luan Cândido, Christian Rivera, Lucas Kal, Lucas Lima, Matheusinho, Pablo and Léo Pereira.
🔮 Prediction
We’re thinking that Sport Recife have it within them to find the net against this Bahia team, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.
Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 advantage for Bahia by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It’s a very tough call.