Bahia lose to Fortaleza, miss chance to enter Brasileirão top 5 | OneFootball

This Thursday, Bahia missed the opportunity to enter the G5 of the Brazilian Championship by losing to Fortaleza 3-2 at Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador, in a match valid for the 34th round.

Standings Situation

With this result, Fortaleza reached 34 points and climbed to 18th place in the table. Bahia, meanwhile, remains with 53 points, in seventh place.

📋 Match Summary

🔴🔵BAHIA 2 X 3 FORTALEZA🔵⚪

🏆 Competition: 34th round of the Brazilian Championship 🏟️ Venue: Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador 📅 Date: November 20, 2025 (Thursday) ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards: Ademir (Bahia); Bareiro, Pierre, and Bruno Pacheco (Fortaleza)

Refereeing

Goals

🔴🔵BAHIA

Ronaldo, Gilberto (Cauly), David Duarte (Everton Ribeiro), Santiago Mingo, Luciano Juba, Caio Alexandre (Acevedo), Erick (Tiago), Jean Lucas, Erick Pulga, Willian José, and Ademir Coach: Rogério Ceni

🔵⚪FORTALEZA

Brenno, Mancuso, Lucas Gazal, Gastón Ávila, Bruno Pacheco, Pierre, Matheus Pereira (Pablo Roberto), Pochettino (Allanzinho), Breno Lopes, Bareiro (Deyverson), and Herrera (Yago Pikachu). Coach: Martín Palermo

How the Match Went

Bareiro even scored for Fortaleza just ten minutes into the game, but the striker was offside and the goal was disallowed. At 29 minutes, Herrera made a beautiful individual play down the right and crossed for Bareiro to head in from inside the six-yard box, putting Fortaleza ahead.

The visitors' second goal came at the 29th minute of the first half. After a cross from the left side of the attack, the ball went across the area and Herrera headed it into the corner of goalkeeper Ronaldo's net.

Bahia pulled one back at 20 minutes into the second half. Ademir was brought down by Pochettino inside the box and the referee awarded a penalty. Willian José, Bahia’s top scorer in the Brasileirão, calmly converted to find the back of the net.

Fortaleza extended their lead at 29 minutes. Herrera kept the ball in play near the end line and found Breno Lopes, who took too long to finish, but the ball fell to Deyverson who scored. At 43 minutes, Tiago reduced the deficit for Bahia. The striker appeared in the six-yard box after a short corner and had no trouble finishing.

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