Bahia v Internacional — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Serie A · Sunday, 30 August 2026 · 23:30. Our rating makes this 43% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Serie A average is 47%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals43%57%Under
Over 3.5 goals22%78%no pick
Both teams to score53%47%Yes

The result model puts Bahia at 47%, the draw at 27% and Internacional at 26%, from expected goals of 1.39 and 0.96.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Serie A has produced over 2.5 goals in 47% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Bahia have 11 in 23 this season (5 of 12 at home), Internacional 8 in 24 (4 of 11 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 46% and 40%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 44%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 33%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 43%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 42%, from expected goals of 1.39 for Bahia and 0.96 for Internacional. Folding in 30% of that view gives 43%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Bahia2348%22%65%
Internacional2433%21%54%

Head to head

15 Mar 26Internacional 0–1 BahiaU2.5
8 Nov 25Internacional 2–2 BahiaO2.5
22 Oct 25Bahia 1–0 InternacionalU2.5
28 May 25Internacional 2–1 BahiaO2.5
3 Apr 25Bahia 1–1 InternacionalU2.5
28 Jul 24Bahia 1–1 InternacionalU2.5

More: Bahia season stats · Internacional season stats · Serie A table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.