Bahia vs Palmeiras - Free Betting Tips

Tricky Game For Bahia

It’s been another middling season for Bahia so far. Despite having had made the surprise appointment of Enderson Moreira as head coach in June, the team have struggled to retain any consistency in their form and are now placed thirteenth in the Brazilian Serie A table with seven wins and seven draws from 24 games.

However, Bahia have proved that they can still provide a tough challenge for much bigger teams. Their game against Sao Paulo last weekend was only lost by just a single goal, and they were unlucky to lose 0-1 to league leaders Internacional in the middle of August.

Bahia fans will take heart from the team’s 2-0 home win against Sport Recife at the start of September that saw goals from Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior and Tiago Pagnussat. Gilberto was on form again with a goal in Bahia’s 0-2 away win against Ceara and with further strikes against the likes of America MG and Atletico Mineiro, he remains Bahia’s biggest threat up front. Whilst it’s been another frustrating season for Bahia, they can take comfort from the fact that they thrashed their fierce rivals, Vitoria, 4-1 back in July.

Very Important Match For Palmeiras

Palmeiras finished their 2017 Brazilian Serie A campaign in second place behind Corinthians. And seeing as last season’s champions are floundering mid-table, Palmeiras will be keen to claim the top spot. In order to do this, they need to leapfrog Internacional and Sao Paulo who are both just three points ahead of Palmeiras, and this is why Sunday’s game is so important, especially as they recently lost cup games against Cruzeiro and Cerro Porteno.

You’ll probably recognise Palmeiras’ head coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, from being Brazil’s manager during their infamous 2014 World Cup campaign. But it seems that Scolari is having a much better time with the club side who have picked up 13 wins and 7 draws from their 24 Serie A games.

Palmeiras are currenly nine games unbeaten in league football, and it was business as usual last weekend when they managed to beat Corinthians through a single goal from Deyverson. Prior to this match, there was a handy 2-0 win against Atletico PR, a 1-2 away victory against lowly Chapecoense, and an extremely hard fought 0-0 away draw against league leaders, Internacional.

Scolari’s team aren’t invincible though, as league defeats by Fluminense and Cruzeiro proved. But with strikers like Deyverson and Dudu on hand, we think that they always represent an extremely tough team to beat.