Week 33 brings us a match on Oct 5th where Novorizontino plays host to Bahia in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. Novorizontino sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Tombense. Marcondes struck first for Tombense in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Jean Lucas Figueiredo added another in the 85th minute In the end, Novorizontino was frustrated by Tombense’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Tombense ended the match with the shutout victory. Novorizontino looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 3rd placed Bahia, recorded a 1-3 loss against Chapecoense. L. dos Santos Júnior struck first for Bahia in the 42nd minute, then in the 48th minute, Pereira Bueno Junior sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jaguaribe Bedinelli But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 70th minute on a goal by William Popp. Bahia is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Jun 25th, Novorizontino was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Diego Torres scored the first goal for Novorizontino in the 89th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bahia couldn’t muster any offence and Novorizontino ran away with the shutout win.
Bahia is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jonathan Copete and Vitor Jacaré each only have 1 goal in their last five. Hélio and Ronald are the top scorers for Novorizontino in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.