Vasco beat Bahia with Coutinho goal, five points above drop zone | OneFootball

On Wednesday, for the 16th round of the Brasileirão, Vasco hosted Bahia at São Januário, in Rio de Janeiro, and won 3-1, coming from behind, with one player more. The goals for the victory were scored by Philippe Coutinho, Puma Rodríguez, and Luciano Juba, while Mateo Sanabria scored for the visitors.

Standings Situation

With the positive result, Vasco, who played with one more player from the 36th minute of the first half after Jean Lucas was sent off, extended their unbeaten run to four matches in the competition (two wins and two draws) and reached 27 points, now in 13th place. The first team in the relegation zone is Vitória, with 22 points. Bahia, on the other hand, remained in sixth, with the same 37 points.

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📋 Match Summary

⚫VASCO 3 x 1 BAHIA 🔴

🏆 Competition: Brasileirão 🏟️ Venue: São Januário, Rio de Janeiro 📅 Date: September 24, 2025 (Wednesday) ⏰ Time: 7:30 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: David (Vasco); Gilberto and Sanabria (Bahia) 🟥 Red card: Jean Lucas (Bahia)

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Goals

⚫Vasco

Léo Jardim, Paulo Henrique, Carlos Cuesta, Lucas Freitas (David), and Puma Rodríguez; Hugo Moura (Mateus Carvalho), Cauan Barros, and Philippe Coutinho (Matheus França); Nuno Moreira (Lucas Oliveira), Andrés Gómez (Garré), and Vegetti Coach: Fernando Diniz

🔴 Bahia

Ronaldo, Gilberto (Arias), Santiago Mingo, Gabriel Xavier, and Luciano Juba; Rezende, Jean Lucas, Michel Araújo (Tiago), and Éverton Ribeiro (Rodrigo Nestor); Sanabria (Iago) and Willian José (Acevedo) Coach: Rogério Ceni

How the match went

Vasco started the match trying to press Bahia. But it was the visitors who had the first chance, at five minutes. Sanabria received a pass in the box and shot at goal, but saw Puma Rodríguez save the home team. The hosts responded with a corner kick at the near post, which Nuno Moreira sent onto the post.

The match remained balanced, with both teams attacking. But Bahia took advantage of a bad pass from Vasco coming out of defense to open the scoring at 30 minutes. Sanabria battled with Hugo Moura, got the better of him, and chipped Léo Jardim.

Soon after the goal, Vasco had one more player. The referee was called by VAR and sent off Jean Lucas for an elbow on Barros.

From then on, Vasco pushed forward in search of an equalizer. The home side had difficulty breaking through Bahia’s defense, but managed to equalize at 45 minutes. Cuesta crossed for Coutinho to head into the net. Thus, the match was tied at halftime.

In the second half, Vasco kept up the pressure looking for the turnaround. After much insistence, Vasco scored the second goal at 14 minutes. Puma Rodríguez took advantage of a corner and headed into the net.

Even after the goal, Vasco kept attacking, but saw Bahia bravely start to look for an equalizer. The visitors threatened at 24 minutes with a shot from Rodrigo Nestor. But Vasco scored the third goal at 31 minutes. Vegetti tried to pass, Luciano Juba tried to clear, but ended up putting it into his own net.

The new setback was felt by Bahia, who saw Vasco grow in the match. Vasco started to have several chances to extend the score. David, on two occasions, was stopped by good saves from Ronaldo.

In the final minutes, the visitors still tried to mount some pressure, but Vasco managed to control the result and left the field with the victory at São Januário.

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