📋 Battling inconsistency, Grêmio and Bahia announce their line-ups

Grêmio and Bahia face off this Sunday (19th) at 8:30 PM (Brasília time) at Arena Fonte Nova, in a match valid for the 29th round of the Brasileirão.

With 36 points and in 11th place, the team from Rio Grande do Sul wants a victory to completely forget the worry about the relegation zone and start thinking about getting closer to the top six.

Meanwhile, the team from Bahia, with 43 points and in sixth position, needs to score to secure their spot in the top six and prevent Fluminense (41 points) from entering the group of teams qualifying for the 2026 Libertadores.

Regarding the last match (a 2-1 defeat to Vitória), coach Rogério Ceni opted to bring in Gilberto, Ramos Mingo, Iago Borduchi, Michel Araújo, and Willian José to replace Arias, Gabriel Xavier, Rezende, Rodrigo, and Sanabria, respectively, for Bahia.

As for Grêmio, coming off a 2-0 win over São Paulo, coach Mano Menezes chose to place Gustavo Martins, Kannemann, Marlon, Cuéllar, Pavón, and Aravena in the spots of Wagner Leonardo, Dodi, Lucas Esteves, Arthur, Alysson, and Amuzu, respectively.

📋 Check out Bahia's lineup

📋 Esquadrão definido! #BBMPpic.twitter.com/rpBbpHBXUG

— Esporte Clube Bahia (@ecbahia) October 19, 2025

📋 Check out Grêmio's lineup

🇪🇪📋 ESCALAÇÃO DO IMORTAL!
[#PraTodosVerem]
12 Gabriel Grando
14 Marcos Rocha
53 Gustavo Martins
4 Kannemann (capitão)
23 Marlon
19 Noriega
6 Cuéllar
8 Edenilson
7 Pavon
16 Aravena
95 Carlos Vinícius

RESERVAS
31 Jorge, 2 João Lucas, 21 Jemerson, 3 Wagner Leonardo, 25 Lucas… pic.twitter.com/eqK1HiYTKu

— Grêmio FBPA (@Gremio) October 19, 2025

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