Corinthians lose to Bahia, winless in six straight Brasileirão matches

This Saturday (16), Corinthians lost to Bahia 2-1 at Neo Química Arena, in the 20th round of the 2025 Brasileirão.

🙌🏽 AQUI É BAHÊAAAAAAAAAA! Esquadrão vence Corinthians dentro de SP por 2 a 1 e segue firme no G4 do Brasileirão. Gols de Michel Araujo e Willian José. Quarta é semifinal da Copa do Nordeste, contra o Ceará, na Fonte Nova. #BBMPpic.twitter.com/EBbDgPSK8E

— Esporte Clube Bahia (@ecbahia) August 17, 2025

The first half in Itaquera was absolute madness!

Tricolor took the lead in under two minutes, VAR took center stage by disallowing a goal and validating another after almost ten minutes, plus a “lightning” penalty.

You can see in detail the “craziness” that was the hour-long first half by clicking here!

Corinthians came back from halftime with more possession, looking to equalize. 

But the São Paulo team found it very difficult not only to create plays, but also to finish them. 

Bahia, meanwhile, was betting on a counterattack to kill the game.

The best chance of the second half came when Talles Magno fired a powerful shot after a pass from Matheus Bidu in the box, but Ronaldo pulled off a small miracle.

🚦 What’s next

With this result, Bahia reached 33 points and remained in fourth place, securing their spot in the G-4 for another round. 

Corinthians, on the other hand, reached their sixth straight Brasileirão match without a win, staying at 22 points and in 13th place.

In the last 11 matches in the national championship, only one victory for the São Paulo team.

Timão will only return to the pitch next Sunday (24), when they visit Vasco at São Januário, for the 21st round of the Brasileirão.

Meanwhile, Tricolor de Aço will host Ceará on Wednesday (20), for the Copa do Nordeste.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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