SãO PAULO. Bahia conquers Corinthians 5-1 after playing a incredible match. Corinthians was surely superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Arena Corinthians stadium in São Paulo on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Marcelo de Lima Henrique with the assistance of Nailton Oliveira and Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos. The 4th official was Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 14.56 degrees Celsius or 58.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 14 Total 13
- 4 On Target 7
- 9 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 151 Attack 74
- 48 Dangerous attack 27
- 117 Ball safe 115
- 0 Penalties 2
- 3 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Corinthians had a strong ball possession 65% while Bahia was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Corinthians was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Bahia was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Corinthians shot 14 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bahia shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Corinthians received 2 yellow cards (Renato Augusto and Gil). Regarding the opposition, Bahia received 3 yellow cards (Gilberto, Thaciano and Vitor Hugo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Corinthians will stay with 44 points like Fortaleza to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Bahia will have 41 points like Vasco da Gama and Cruzeiro to climb in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Corinthians will play away against Coritiba on the 2nd of December with a 15-1 head to head in favor of Corinthians (7 draws).
Bahia will host Atlético Mineiro on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Atlético Mineiro (9 draws).
Corinthians – Formation
Corinthians started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Luiz Antônio Venker de Menezes decided to play with the following team: Cássio
, Fágner , Lucas Veríssimo , Gil , Fábio Santos , Giuliano , Maycon , Á. Romero , Renato Augusto , Matheus Bidu and Yuri Alberto .The home team had on the bench: Rafael Ramos, M. Rojas
, Giovane, Carlos Miguel, V. Cantillo, Pedro Henrique , Matheus Araújo , Matheus Donelli, Wesley Gassova , Felipe Augusto , Gabriel Moscardo and João Pedro.Substitutions
Corinthians made 5 changes: Fábio Santos for Wesley Gassova (22′), Á. Romero for M. Rojas (74′), Giuliano for Matheus Araújo (68′), Yuri Alberto for Felipe Augusto (68′) and Matheus Bidu for Pedro Henrique (74′).
Player of the match: Renato Augusto
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Corinthians was Renato Augusto.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 56 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.Bahia – Formation
Bahia started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Rogério Mücke Ceni played with: Marcos Felipe
, Gilberto , Kanu , Vitor Hugo , Luciano Juba , N. Acevedo , Rezende , Cauly , Yago Felipe , Biel and Thaciano .They had on the bench: Gabriel Xavier, Ademir
, Rafael Ratão , Léo Cittadini, L. Mugni , Vinícius Mingotti, Vitor Jacaré, Adriel, C. Cándido , Cicinho , Marcos Victor and Matheus Bahia.Bahia could not rely on the presence of Cicinho (injured).
Substitutions
Bahia made 5 changes: Biel for Ademir (73′), Luciano Juba for C. Cándido (73′), Cauly for Rafael Ratão (87′), Yago Felipe for L. Mugni (87′) and Gilberto for Cicinho (81′).
Player of the match: Thaciano
The most impressive player for Bahia was Thaciano.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 26 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Athletico PR – Vasco da Gama – 0-0
- Corinthians – Bahia – 1-5