Bahia and Operário-PR meet this Saturday, in a match valid for the 31st round of the Série B of the Brazilian Championship. The match will start at 18:15 (Brasília time) and will be played at Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador.
Bahia had 11 days of preparation to find the best football again and win again after two games; the idea is to keep calm in the G-4 of the competition. With Grêmio’s victory over Sport, Tricolor dropped one position and appears in 3rd place, aged 51, but it’s up to you to get back to vice-leadership. The atmosphere at the club is still one of euphoria with the presentation of the City Group’s proposal to set up a Sociedad Anónima do Futebol (SAF).
The long period of preparation was good for rest and also for Enderson Moreira to find the best replacement for Daniel, who is suspended, and to decide if he will continue with improvisation on the left side. It is likely that the coach will give Luiz Henrique a chance and move Rezende to the middle. There is also expectation about the return of Luiz Otávio, recovered from injury.
Operário-PR is going through a delicate moment in the competition. In the vice lantern, Fantasma comes from two consecutive defeats and needs to score again to reduce the distance to the first team outside the ZR and not finish the round in the lantern – in case Náutico wins. Along with that, Alvinegro has the second worst campaign as a visitor and hasn’t won in nine games away from Ponta Grossa.
Coach Matheus Costa will make an exchange at Operário-PR. With Reniê suspended, Gustavo Alcino should team up with Dirceu in defense. This should be the only change in the team. The striker Kalil did not recover in time and remains out.
last five matches
Despite doing well in the tournament, Bahia suffered a setback in the previous game against Sport in Ilha do Retiro by 1 x 0. Before that, it came from two unbeaten matches. They drew 0 x 0 against Criciúma and won by 3 x 1, Tombense, in Fonte Nova. Continuing, they lost to Ponte Preta by 2 x 0 and added three points against Vasco, in turn, by 2 x 1.
In turn, the team from Ponta Grossa also did not add points in the previous round. Against Guarani, the people of Paraná lost 1-0 away from home. In short, it was the same result as Cruzeiro, in Mineirão. Thus, they beat Londrina 1 x 0, in the state classic. Finally, they got a 0-0 draw against Ituano. In short, same result against CSA.
Bahia x Worker-PR Retrospect
According to oGol, this confrontation had only one moment. Which was in the present championship, when the Tricolores won 1 x 0 at the Germano Kruger Stadium, in Paraná.
