EC Bahia vs Criciúma EC, Serie A 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
EC Bahia vs Criciúma EC — Serie A at Arena Fonte Nova.
- EC Bahia 17 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Criciúma EC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Edina Alves Batista
- Assistant 1 Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa
- Assistant 2 Maira Mastella Moreira (Brazil)
8 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 2.3 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Sep Criciúma EC H 1–0 W 22 Sep Fortaleza EC A 1–4 L 15 Sep CA Mineiro H 3–0 W 01 Sep RB Bragantino A 1–2 L 25 Aug Botafogo FR H 0–0 D 17 Aug Grêmio FBPA A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Sep EC Bahia A 0–1 L 25 Sep Grêmio FBPA A 2–1 W 22 Sep CA Paranaense H 0–0 D 15 Sep SE Palmeiras A 0–5 L 31 Aug Cuiaba EC A 1–2 L 28 Aug RB Bragantino H 1–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history35% Clean Sheets
EC Bahia this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
EC Bahia0-151/–16-301/331-451/346-601/–61-753/276+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
EC BahiaLuciano Juba 7 G 1 A Everaldo 4 G Willian Jose 3 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for EC Bahia to score. At the same time, Criciúma EC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' 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.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Santiago Arias, as he is very good at scoring at Arena Fonte Nova with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' EC Bahia is showing some good football. However, EC Bahia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Criciúma EC that had 38 games and scored 43 goals.
- 30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gabriel Xavier suffering a number of foals already.
- 32' Goal! Cauly scores his 14 goal in 145 matches.
- 37' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Criciúma EC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 42' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 47' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Allano on 52.
- 57' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 62' EC Bahia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 62.
- 64' Luciano Rodriguez is replacing Everaldo for the EC Bahia side.
- 69' It is a substitution in Criciuma EC team. Fellipe Mateus is replaced by Arthur Caike on 69 minute.
- 70' Another substitution for Criciuma EC to replace Yannick Bolasie by Dudu on 70 minute.
- 74' Ademir Santos has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cauly on 74 minute.
- 78' Felipe Vizeu has so much to prove this time. He replaces Allano on 78 minute.
- 79' Another change for EC Bahia made on 79 minute. Caio Alexandre leaves to be changed by Carlos De Pena.
- 81' EC Bahia player sees a card in front of him.
- 86' Criciuma EC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Pedro Rocha is hanging Marquinhos Gabriel on the field on 86 minute.
- 88' A meaty challenge results in booking for Arthur Caike on 88.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for EC Bahia players.
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Lineups
EC Bahia Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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16
Thaciano ↓ Rafael Ratao 64'
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6
Jean Lucas ↓ Yago Felipe 79'
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- 22
- 4
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8
Cauly ↓ Ademir Santos 74'
- 13
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9
Everaldo ↓ Luciano Rodriguez 64'
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19
Caio Alexandre ↓ Carlos De Pena 79'
- 46
- 3
Bench
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20
Yago Felipe ↑ 79'
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7
Ademir Santos ↑ 74'
- 2
- 31
- 25
- 15
- 40
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21
Rafael Ratao ↑ 64'
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14
Carlos De Pena ↑ 79'
- 33
- 23
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17
Luciano Rodriguez ↑ 64'
Criciúma EC Lineups
4-3-1-2Starting XI
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2
Allano ↓ Felipe Vizeu 78'
- 88
- 29
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11
Yannick Bolasie ↓ Dudu 70'
- 10
- 85
- 1
- 3
- 27
- 22
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7
Fellipe Mateus ↓ Arthur Caike 69'
Bench
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9
Felipe Vizeu ↑ 78'
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20
Dudu ↑ 70'
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28
Pedro Rocha ↑ 86'
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45
Arthur Caike ↑ 69'
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50
Jhonata Robert ↑ 69'
- 13
- 77
- 5
- 25
- 12
- 33
- 15
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16
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Caio Alexandre 1 Arthur Caike 1 Marcelo Hermes 1 Cauly 1 Everaldo 1 EC Bahia Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.5 EC Bahia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.85 Criciúma EC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: EC Bahia winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.35Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
EC Bahia or Draw 80%Draw or Criciúma EC 47%EC Bahia or Criciúma EC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: EC Bahia win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual1 – 1 13%0 – 0 11.7%2 – 0 10.4%2 – 1 8.8%0 – 1 7%3 – 0 5.1%1 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.5%2 – 2 3.8%0 – 2 3.3%3 – 2 2%Asian Handicap — EC Bahia
Handicap EC Bahia covers Push Criciúma EC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 16% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 24% 49% -0.5 51% — 49% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 13% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
EC Bahia keeps clean sheet 43% ✗Criciúma EC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

