Thursday , 2 July 2026

Ceará SC vs EC Bahia, Serie A 2025 REGULAR SEASON

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A · 2025
Ceará SC
1 – 1
Full Time
EC Bahia
Sat 20 Sep 2025 · 21:30 UTC Castelao HT 45' · FT 45'
Fernando Sobral 45' Y
Aylon 59' Y
Y 78' Tiago
Fernandinho 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Ceará SC vs EC Bahia — Serie A at Castelao.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 SE Palmeiras 18 41
2 CR Flamengo 17 34
3 Fluminense FC 18 31
4 CA Paranaense 18 30
5 RB Bragantino 18 29
6 EC Bahia 17 26
7 Coritiba FBC 18 26
8 Sao Paulo FC 18 25
9 CA Mineiro 18 24
10 SC Corinthians Paulista 18 24
11 Cruzeiro EC 18 24
12 Botafogo FR 17 22
13 EC Vitoria 17 22
14 SC Internacional 18 21
15 Santos FC 18 21
16 Grêmio FBPA 18 21
17 CR Vasco da Gama 18 20
18 Clube do Remo 18 18
19 Mirassol FC 17 16
20 Chapecoense AF 17 9

Head-to-Head

3
3
4
Ceará SC 10 games · Avg 2.0 goals EC Bahia
Last 5 meetings
2025-09-20 Ceará SC 1–1 EC Bahia 2025-04-21 EC Bahia 1–0 Ceará SC 2021-10-27 EC Bahia 1–1 Ceará SC 2021-06-17 Ceará SC 1–2 EC Bahia 2020-12-05 EC Bahia 0–2 Ceará SC

Recent Form

Ceará SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Sep EC Bahia H 1–1 D
14 Sep CR Vasco da Gama A 2–2 D
30 Aug EC Juventude H 0–1 L
24 Aug Grêmio FBPA A 0–0 D
16 Aug RB Bragantino H 1–0 W
10 Aug SE Palmeiras A 1–2 L
EC Bahia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Sep Ceará SC A 1–1 D
15 Sep Cruzeiro EC H 1–2 L
31 Aug Mirassol FC A 1–5 L
24 Aug Santos FC H 2–0 W
17 Aug SC Corinthians Paulista A 2–1 W
10 Aug Fluminense FC H 3–3 D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
35% Clean Sheets
EC Bahia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

EC Bahia
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/2
76+
5/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

EC Bahia
Luciano Juba 7 G 1 A
Everaldo 4 G
Willian Jose 3 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: EC Bahia gets underway.
  • 5' Ceará SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Willian Jose, as he is very good at scoring at Castelao with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
  • 15' The travelling EC Bahia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Ceará SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Ceará SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 45' Ceara SC receives a card for a hard tackle on 45.
  • 46' The EC Bahia manager makes a substitution. Michel Araujo departs to be replaced by Kayky.
  • 48' Lourenco puts Ceara SC on the lead.
  • 53' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering EC Bahia that had 325 games and scored 348 goals.
  • 56' GOAL! Willian Jose scores on 56. Assisted by Everton Ribeiro
  • 59' Ceara SC receives a card for a hard tackle on 59.
  • 63' Ceara SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Pedro Henrique is hanging Aylon on the field on 63 minute.
  • 67' The supporters are chanting for Vinicius Zanocelo. He replaces Fernando Sobral on 67 minute.
  • 72' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 72 minutes.
  • 75' The whistle greets Willian Jose as he departs to be replaced by Tiago.
  • 78' Tiago is having his name booked by the referee on 78.
  • 83' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 84' It is a substitution in Ceara SC team. Paulo Baya is replaced by Fernandinho on 84 minute.
  • 86' That looks like a foul for a card for Fernandinho.
  • 90' Time for substitution for EC Bahia. Mateo Sanabria is replaced by Iago Borduchi.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Ceará SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Leo Condé

EC Bahia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rogério Ceni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gilberto 3
Luiz Otavio 2
Calyson 1
Ze Rafael 1
Stiven Mendoza 1
Edigar Junio 1
Everton Ribeiro 1
Lourenco 1

Head to Head

2025-09-20 Ceará SC 1–1 EC Bahia 2025-04-21 EC Bahia 1–0 Ceará SC 2021-10-27 EC Bahia 1–1 Ceará SC 2021-06-17 Ceará SC 1–2 EC Bahia 2020-12-05 EC Bahia 0–2 Ceará SC

Ceará SC Form

2025-09-20 Ceará SC 1–1 EC Bahia D 2025-09-14 CR Vasco da Gama 2–2 Ceará SC D 2025-08-30 Ceará SC 0–1 EC Juventude L 2025-08-24 Grêmio FBPA 0–0 Ceará SC D 2025-08-16 Ceará SC 1–0 RB Bragantino W 2025-08-10 SE Palmeiras 2–1 Ceará SC L

EC Bahia Form

2025-09-20 Ceará SC 1–1 EC Bahia D 2025-09-15 EC Bahia 1–2 Cruzeiro EC L 2025-08-31 Mirassol FC 5–1 EC Bahia L 2025-08-24 EC Bahia 2–0 Santos FC W 2025-08-17 SC Corinthians Paulista 1–2 EC Bahia W 2025-08-10 EC Bahia 3–3 Fluminense FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.32 Ceará SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.05 EC Bahia xG
I would bet for: Ceará SC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Ceará SC42% Draw30% EC Bahia28%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 2.37
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 69%
31%
± 2.5 42%
58%
± 3.5 22%
78%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

Ceará SC or Draw
71%
Draw or EC Bahia
58%
Ceará SC or EC Bahia
70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Ceará SC29% Draw50% EC Bahia21%
Actual: Ceará SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
11.5%
1 – 0
11.2%
0 – 1
8.6%
2 – 1
8.3%
2 – 0
7.9%
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
4.9%
2 – 2
4.4%
3 – 1
3.7%
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 3
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Ceará SC

Handicap Ceará SC covers Push EC Bahia covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 22% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 17% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Ceará SC keeps clean sheet
36% ✓
EC Bahia keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.