Bahia host Remo at the Arena Fonte Nova on 14 September 2026 in Série A Round 27, a fixture with sharply different meanings for each side. Bahia sit fifth with 43 points from 26 matches and are chasing Copa Libertadores qualification, while Remo occupy 19th on 23 points and are fighting for their top flight lives. The home side are unbeaten across their last ten league outings, including a 3-2 win at RB Bragantino on 5 September, while Remo arrive winless in eight, their latest setback a 1-0 defeat to Flamengo on 6 September.
Data on direct meetings between Rogério Ceni and Léo Condé is limited, though their 2026 encounters have been competitive enough. Ceni has been in the Bahia dugout since 9 September 2023, while Condé took charge of Remo on 5 March 2026 after replacing Juan Carlos Osorio.
Bahia's last five reads W W W D D, the Bragantino result in particular showing their ability to recover from deficits and see games out. Remo's L L L D D run is a grimmer picture: narrow defeats and draws have left them rooted in the bottom three, with defensive vulnerabilities exposed repeatedly and no consistent source of goals to compensate.
Neither side reports key absences, so both coaches can field close to their strongest available line ups, with Bahia's depth in wide areas and central midfield fully intact and Remo able to call on their established front line options.
Bahia typically line up in a 4-3-3 built on controlled possession and progressive build up from the back. Left back Luciano Juba has contributed roughly eight goals this campaign through overlapping runs and set piece deliveries, making him one of the division's most productive defenders going forward and his duel with Remo's right sided defenders will be central to Bahia's attacking plan. Winger Cristian Olivera should compound the pressure by isolating full backs and delivering for strikers Alejo Veliz or Everaldo, whose movement between the lines will test a Remo defence that has conceded 43 goals in 26 matches.
Remo line up in a 4-2-3-1 built around compact midfield blocks and rapid transitions. Striker Gabriel Taliari has four goals while top scorer Jajá has seven and midfielder Yago Pikachu operates as the link between the defensive block and the attacking runners. The key battle will see Bahia's central midfield trio try to deny Pikachu time on the ball while Juba and Olivera exploit space behind Remo's wide defenders. Remo's vulnerability to sustained pressure suggests they may sit deeper than usual and look to spring counters through Jajá's pace, though their recent results indicate that sustaining that organisation over ninety minutes is more than they have managed of late and the double pivot will need to be unusually disciplined to keep Bahia out of the box.
The head to head record between these sides is limited enough that reading patterns into it is risky, particularly given how different Remo's current squad is from previous versions, so what carries more weight is Bahia's attacking intent against a defence that has already shipped 43. Bahia's set pieces are most dangerous when Juba delivers from the left and Remo's zonal marking has looked susceptible in recent weeks, while home support at the Arena Fonte Nova pushes Bahia's tempo during prolonged possession spells. If Remo push men forward chasing the game, Veliz and Everaldo have the movement to punish the space left behind.
A 2-0 home win looks the likeliest outcome. Early pressure down the flanks and set piece threats should yield the opener before half time and a second goal after the break, probably from a substitute or a late midfield runner, would settle it comfortably and keep Bahia's Libertadores push very much alive.
Ryan Baldi
Football Writer
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