A three-goal margin can make Flamengo's win at Bahia look settled from the start. The opener came from a penalty, though, and the two goals from open play arrived later. Flamengo's pressure was there well before the final score took shape: the match log credits them with 15 shots on target and 17 from inside the box. Ahead of the upcoming Estudiantes match, I'm curious whether they can turn that kind of volume into a lead through open play.
The verified result is Bahia 0–3 Flamengo. Our match record has Flamengo at 2.74 xG to Bahia's 0.56, and its event log records Jorginho's penalty before goals from Gonzalo Plata and Lucas Paquetá. The fixture list puts Estudiantes next for Flamengo; one heavy shot count against Bahia cannot tell us how that next game will unfold.
