Bahia vs Flamengo: Betting on another Red and Blacks victory!

Bahia will face off Flamengo during the 12th round of the Brazilian Serie A Championship. At the moment, Bahia is above its opponent in the Serie A standings, but this does not prevent the reigning Brazilian champion from being the strongest team in this match.

Bahia current form

After two consecutive wins over Chapecoense and Juventude, Bahia lost to São Paulo 0-1 at Morumbi in the last round of the Brazilian championship. The only goal of the game was  made by Lisiero, who scored in the second added  minute of the match. Instead of one point, Bahia lost its place in the top-6, which is now occupied by Ceara. Bahia itself is in seventh place before Sunday's matches and if it beats Flamengo, the Salvadorans will catch up with Athletico Paranaense on points. Bahia's home stats are eighth in the division, +3=1-2, 9-6 goal difference.

Flamengo current form

Flamengo has a new head coach, Renato Gaucho, and so far the Red and Blacks are performing better with this coach. In the last round of the Brazilian championship, Flamengo was stronger than Chapecoense. And in midweek, the team from Rio defeated the Defensa e Justicia with a score of 1-0. In the Brazilian championship, Flamengo is in 9th place, with an asset of 15 points. At the moment Flamengo is 10 points behind leading Palmeiras, although the team from Rio has two more matches to spare. Flamengo's away statistics are 14th in the division, +1=0-2, 3-3 goal difference.

Experts betting tips

Flamengo won the last three matches against Bahia, and interestingly enough, all these games were very productive, in each of them there was a bet on both teams to score - yes. Bahia is quite productive in the home field, they have scored 9 goals in six matches on the field, i.e. 1.5 goals per meeting on average. It is very likely that Salvadorans will score on Sunday as well, which means that Flamengo probably won't score just one goal against Defensa. Here are the following bets: W2 for 1.83, TO (2.5) for 1.85, Both Teams To Score - Yes for 1.70.