With the possibility of a direct confrontation in the final round, Bahia suffers when it plays away from El Salvador and scores goals
November 30
2025
– 06:06
(Updated at 06:06)
With their place in the pre-Libertadores qualifiers secured on Saturday (29), after Flamengo won the Libertadores title, Bahia now want a direct place in the competition. The squadron finished the 36th round in seventh place and could no longer leave it, as it obtained 57 points. With only two rounds remaining until the end of the 2025 Brazilian Championship, the goal at the moment is to knock Fluminense out of fifth place and secure the outright position.
The next two appointments are basically “one easy, one hard.” In the next round, it hosts Bahia Sport, which is already relegated, and at the conclusion of the Brazilian championship, there is a direct confrontation with Fluminense, in case the two teams win the next match, in midweek.
At home, the flock does well, but away from home, the situation becomes complicated. It played nine consecutive matches without winning away from El Salvador, including six defeats and three draws. In the last round, they tied with Juventude at the hands of Alfredo Jaconi, and this hurt the club in the standings.
Coach Rogerio Ceni is well aware of the complex situation Bahia is going through after the draw away from home and spoke about it:
– This makes us have to win against Sport, and we may depend on the result in the last round against Fluminense, if we want a direct place – highlighted the coach.
In the last two rounds, Bahia will host Sport on Wednesday (3), at 8pm (Brasilia time) at Arena Fonte Nova. The confrontation with Fluminense will take place on Sunday (7), at 4 pm at the Maracanã Stadium, concluding the 2025 Brazilian League Championship.