In this week 28 match on the 3rd of September, Bahia hosts Tombense in a meeting of these two Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. Bahia sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Vasco da Gama. Ricardo Goulart scored the first goal for Vasco da Gama on an own goal in the 19th minute, but Juan Quintero got the equalizer for Bahia on an own goal in the 40th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 47th minute on a goal by Ricardo Goulart to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Bahia should be reasonably happy with their performance, while tombense sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Guarani. Yuri struck first for Guarani in the 43rd minute, then Ednei got the equalizer for Tombense in the 52nd minute on a feed from Nenê Bonilha. Tombense is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Tombense and Bahia last played eachother at the Estádio Antônio Guimarães De Almeida on May 27th. Tombense won by a score of 1 to 0. Renato Ribeiro Calixto Aguiar scored the first goal for Tombense in the 57th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bahia couldn’t manage to score, and Tombense took the shutout win.
Tombense is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Matheus Frizzo and Everton Galdino Moreira each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Davó has been the most prolific scorer on Bahia in his last five matches with 3 goals.