Overview
- Kickoff is set for 16:00 at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador with Jefferson Ferreira de Morais officiating and broadcast on TV Globo, GETV (YouTube) and Premiere.
- Vasco arrives on four consecutive defeats and sits 13th with 42 points, keeping the club uncomfortably close to the relegation zone.
- Bahia is seventh with 53 points after three matches without a win and looks to protect a place in next season’s Libertadores qualifiers.
- Philippe Coutinho is suspended for Vasco, while Andrés Gómez, Carlos Cuesta and Paulo Henrique return from national team duty and trained normally.
- Bahia regains Michel Araujo after suspension and weighs midfield options, with defender David Duarte reporting right-thigh discomfort and local reports indicating he could miss out.