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Bahia vs Sport Recife Prediction & Betting tips
Bahia and Sport Recife meet at Arena Fonte Nova, in a match for the 23rd round of Serie A. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 06-05-2018, Sport Recife won at home by ( 2-0). The history of direct matches played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 5 matches won 4 and lost 1. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 07-30-2017 , for Serie A, Sport Recife won by (1-3). Rodrigão (59 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Bahia, and Everton Felipe (18’), Ronaldo Alves (65 ‘) and R. Lenis (90’), for Sport Recife. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Bahia:
The home team is currently in the 14th position, with 25 points won, after 6 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Ceará, by (0-2). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Atlético PR, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home league matches Bahia has won 4, tied 4 and lost 2, so they have won 16 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (5 out of 11 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not displayed great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 11 matches they played ended in Under 1,5 goals. In 22 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 12 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 11 away matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 7 of their 17 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘); He suffered 4 of his 11 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
The Bay is a club that was already the champion of the Brazilian Serie A Championship twice, the last time in 1988. In addition, it was the winner of the Northeast Cup in 2017. The Bay has forty-seven titles of the Baiano Championship, including the one of the season of 2018. In this Brazilian championship of the Serie A of 2018 he currently occupies the fourteenth position, after having lost with the Atlético Paranaense in Curitiba by 2×0, but the Bay was without his main player, the midfielder Zé Rafael. Actually, playing in Curitiba against this team is very difficult, even more because of the good phase the team from Paraná is living. Now the Bahia returns home to face the Sport, which does not usually achieve positive results when visiting the Bay.
Sport Recife:
The away team is currently in the 17 th position of the league, with 23 points won, after 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Botafogo, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Paraná, by (1-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 11 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 13 suffered. In the last 10 away league matches Sport Recife has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 30 possible.
In this competition, he has lost the last 6 games away and has not won any of the last 7 appearances as a visitor. In their home league matches the most frequent final score at halftime was 0-0 (4 out of 11 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 22 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 14 times and have only won 1 result.
Sport is a club that was already the champion of the Brazilian Serie A Championship, in 1987, it also has a title of the Brazilian Cup, in 2008, and a cup of the Northeast Cup, in 2014. Its last title won He was the champion of Pernambuco in 2017, the third state title in its history. In the Brazilian Championship of the Serie A of 2018, the Sport occupies the seventeenth position, after having won at home the last classified Paraná, by 1×0. Now, the Sport will visit the Bay, in a stadium where Sport always finds difficulties. The phase of the Sport as a visitor is so bad that the team comes from six games in a row only with defeats as a visitor, so there are great chances of losing again.
Bahia vs Sport Recife head to head matches
06.05.18 SA Sport Recife Bahia 2 : 0
19.11.17 SA Sport Recife Bahia 1 : 0
30.07.17 SA Bahia Sport Recife 1 : 3
25.05.17 COP Bahia Sport Recife 1 : 0
18.05.17 COP Sport Recife Bahia 1 : 1
