Match Report
Cuiabá, 20th on 30 points, faced a 23-point deficit to Bahia (8th, 53). Scoring rates set the scale: Cuiabá 0.76 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Bahia 1.29 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.22.
7 games without a win framed Cuiabá's arrival. Bahia had gone 7 games without a win.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Cuiabá, 0 by Bahia, 3 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won.
The venue was Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, with room for 42,968 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Cuiabá: Eliel (16') · Bahia: Ademir (37'), Luciano Rodríguez (84')