📊 Form Guide
Bahia WLDLWD ⚖
Bahia go into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Serie A drawn match against Juventude.
In that game, Bahia had 55% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bahia was Ademir (21'). At the other end, Juventude had 18 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Taliari (28') was the scorer 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 supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that game, Sport Recife had 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Sport Recife was Kal (36' Own goal). For their opponents, Santos had 17 attempts on goal with 7 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
Looking over their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 24/01/2021 shows us that Bahia have won 1 of these games and Sport Recife 4, with the tally of draws being 1.
In all, 6 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 1 of them from Tricolor de Aço and 5 for Leão da Ilha. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.
The last league encounter between these sides was Serie A match day 18 on 02/08/2025 and the score finished Sport Recife 0-0 Bahia.
On that occasion, Sport Recife had 35% possession and 5 shots on goal with 1 on target.
At the other end, Bahia had 14 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Anderson Daronco.
🗞️ 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 able to feature for Bahia boss Rogério Ceni.
💡 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.
Renata Leite, 22:11 03/12/2025