Bahia vs Chapecoense - prediction, team news, lineups

Bahia invited Chapecoense to the Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova connected Friday evening successful a rearranged Brazilian Serie A fixture, arsenic some sides instrumentality to league enactment pursuing the FIFA World Cup break.

The hosts resume the run sitting sixth successful the array and looking to adjacent the spread connected the starring pack, portion Chapecoense find themselves rooted to the ft of the standings and successful urgent request of points to revive their endurance hopes.

Match preview

Bahia instrumentality to enactment aft an awesome archetypal fractional of the run that has kept them firmly successful contention for a Copa Libertadores qualification place, arsenic they beryllium 1 spot and 3 points disconnected fifth-placed Bragantino who played 1 much game.

Rogerio Ceni's broadside utilized the World Cup interruption to retrieve players, amended fittingness levels and proceed processing the possession-based benignant that has brought them occurrence this season.

The Tricolor besides stay live successful some the Copa bash Brasil and Copa Libertadores, making squad absorption progressively important arsenic they hole for a demanding 2nd fractional of the campaign.

Playing astatine the Arena Fonte Nova has been 1 of Bahia's biggest strengths, and they volition look to marque location vantage number erstwhile again against a broadside struggling astatine the other extremity of the table.

Chapecoense, meanwhile, instrumentality from the interruption hoping to statesman a turnaround aft enduring a disappointing archetypal fractional of the season.

The Santa Catarina outfit finished the opening portion of the run astatine the bottommost of the standings, with inconsistent performances astatine some ends of the transportation leaving them facing an uphill conflict to sphere their Serie A status.

The World Cup interruption allowed the nine to reorganise nether caller caput manager Rafael Lacerda, who has been moving connected improving the team's antiaircraft operation portion searching for greater equilibrium crossed the pitch.

Away from home, Chapecoense person recovered beingness peculiarly hard this play and present look 1 of the strongest location teams successful the division, making this different stern trial arsenic they look to statesman climbing distant from the ft of the table.

Tactically, Bahia are expected to predominate possession and dictate the tempo done their speedy passing game, portion Chapecoense are apt to follow a much cautious attack and look to endanger connected the counter-attack.

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Team News

Bahia person nary large wounded concerns heading into Friday's encounter, with Ceni expected to person astir his full squad available.

New signings Guido Herrera, Marco Moreno and Alejo Veliz are already grooming with the squad but volition not beryllium disposable for selection, arsenic the planetary transportation model does not unfastened until July 20.

Luciano Juba, Iago Borduchi, Leo Vieira and Kike Olivera each returned to grooming during the World Cup interruption aft recovering from fittingness issues.

Chapecoense statesman a caller section nether Lacerda, who is acceptable to instrumentality complaint of his archetypal Brazilian Championship lucifer aft utilizing the interruption to instrumentality his ideas.

The visitors stay without defenders Joao Paulo, Bruno Leonardo, Eduardo Doma and Victor Caetano, portion midfielder Camilo continues to retrieve from a ft injury.

Bahia imaginable starting lineup:

M.Felipe; Gilberto, G.Xavier, Kanu, L. Juba; C. Alexandre, J. Lucas, Everton Ribeiro; Ademir, E. Pulga, L. Rodriguez

Chapecoense imaginable starting lineup:

Anderson; M. Vinicius, Vinicius, W. Clar, B. Pacheco; Joao Vitor, G.Augusto, J. Carlos; Garcez, Neto Pessoa, Marcinho

We say: Bahia 2-0 Chapecoense

Bahia person been 1 of the much accordant sides successful Serie A this season, portion Chapecoense volition anticipation the accomplishment of a caller manager sparks an improvement, but facing 1 of the division's strongest location teams represents a hard assignment, and we expect  the hosts to power possession, make the amended chances and statesman the 2nd fractional of the run with a comfy victory.

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