Vasco aim to end Bahia hoodoo and steer clear of the drop zone | OneFootball

This Sunday, Vasco visits Bahia at 4:00 PM, in a match for the 35th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. With a streak of four consecutive defeats, the Cruzmaltino will have to break a long-standing taboo against the Salvador team in order to score points and avoid getting closer to the relegation zone.

As visitors, Vasco has not beaten Bahia since 2012, totaling 13 years without a win. The last victory for the Rio team away from home against the Tricolor de Aço was in June of that year, by 2-1, with goals from Diego Souza and Juninho Pernambucano.

Since then, there have been 10 matches, with seven wins for the Salvador club and three draws. In six of those games, Vasco didn't even manage to score a goal.

Z4 approaching

Despite the recent possibility of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, Vasco has had a sequence of negative results that could shake up this final stretch of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The team led by Fernando Diniz has 42 points, six more than Vitória, who currently sits at the top of the relegation zone.

If Vasco loses to Bahia and Vitória beats Sport this Sunday, the difference between the two would drop to just three points. Between them, Santos, with 37 points, and Internacional, with 40, face each other on Monday and, depending on the result, could help put Vasco in the fight against relegation in the final rounds.

In addition to the match against Bahia, Vasco, currently in 13th place, will still have a direct clash against Internacional, then faces Mirassol and Atlético-MG in the last two rounds.

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