Palmeiras W v Bahia W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Brasileirao (W) · Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 01:30. Our rating makes this 59% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Brasileirao (W) average is 56%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals59%41%Over
Over 3.5 goals36%64%no pick
Both teams to score56%44%Yes

The result model puts Palmeiras W at 60%, the draw at 20% and Bahia W at 20%, from expected goals of 2.17 and 1.19.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Brasileirao (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 56% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Palmeiras W have 11 in 18 this season (7 of 9 at home), Bahia W 11 in 18 (6 of 8 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 61% and 60%.

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 59%.

Head to head. These sides have met 3 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 57%.

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 65%, from expected goals of 2.17 for Palmeiras W and 1.19 for Bahia W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 59%.

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
Palmeiras W1861%22%44%
Bahia W1861%33%67%

Head to head

1 Sept 26Bahia W 1–1 Palmeiras WU2.5
2 May 26Bahia W 0–0 Palmeiras WU2.5
21 Apr 25Palmeiras W 3–1 Bahia WO2.5
17 Mar 23Palmeiras W 3–0 Bahia WO2.5

More: Palmeiras W season stats · Bahia W season stats · Brasileirao (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.