Match Report
The table gap was wide: 43 points between Bahia (7th, 60 pts) and Sport Recife (20th, 17 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Bahia 1.32 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Sport Recife 0.74 and 1.97, with the league averaging 1.26.
Sport Recife had lost nine in a row.
GioScore's database holds 15 meetings between the two: 4 for Bahia, 9 for Sport Recife and 2 drawn, at 2.07 goals per meeting. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Arena Fonte Nova, with room for 48,902 spectators. On the scoreboard, Bahia led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Bahia: Rodrigo Nestor (40'), Luciano Juba (54')
Key stats
Possession: Bahia 62% · Sport Recife 38% · Total shots: 27-7 · On target: 13-3 · Corners: 6-2