SANTOS (Interstat) — Santos and Bahia played to a 1-1 draw in a club match on Saturday at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Santos, São Paulo, with Luciano Juba scoring for the visitors and Santos supplying the matching goal. Juba found the net in the 39th minute, and that strike stood as Bahia’s only goal of the match. Santos also finished with one goal, but the home side could not convert the draw into a victory in front of its supporters. The result left both clubs with identical 1-1-1 records in the competition and continued an uneven run of form for each side. Bahia moved to 2-2-1 across all competitions, while Santos is 1-2-2 overall.

The first half carried an edge before Juba’s breakthrough. Santos’ Neymar received a yellow card in the 31st minute, giving the home side an early caution to manage. The caution was the first disciplinary entry of the match and preceded Bahia’s goal by eight minutes. Bahia then went ahead when Juba scored in the 39th. Bahia’s Nicolas Acevedo was booked in the 44th minute, a yellow card that came shortly before the halftime whistle. Santos went into the break trailing by a goal and needing a response after halftime. Bahia had the lead and the scorer, but the visitors still had to protect the advantage through the second half.

Santos found that response after the interval, producing the goal that leveled the match. The home side could not add another, however, and Bahia held its ground through the remainder of the second half. Neither team managed a decisive second goal, and the match settled into a draw. Neither side found a second goal in the closing stages. Juba’s performance remained the most prominent attacking contribution listed for Bahia, with the goal coming during a 90-minute shift. Santos’ equalizer kept the home side from losing, while Bahia left with a share of the result. The visitors could not turn their first-half lead into a win, and Santos could not build on its reply.

The result affected the records for both clubs. Bahia is now 1-1-1 in the competition and 2-2-1 across all competitions. Santos is 1-1-1 in the competition and 1-2-2 across all competitions. The draw added to a recent stretch in which Bahia had lost to Flamengo RJ, beaten Mirassol and fallen at Palmeiras in its previous three matches. Santos had won at Fluminense, lost at Atletico-MG and drawn with Flamengo RJ in its previous three. Both clubs entered the match looking to build momentum, and both left with a result that kept their records balanced but not identical across all competitions.

The match at Estádio Urbano Caldeira offered few clear margins. Bahia’s lead lasted until Santos answered, and the visitors could not restore their advantage after the home side pulled level. Santos, meanwhile, could not turn the equalizer into a winner. The yellow cards to Neymar and Acevedo were the only disciplinary entries listed, and they framed a first half in which Bahia did the scoring and Santos did the chasing. After the break, the match remained level, with neither side able to produce the finishing touch needed to claim a win. The shared result left both teams with the same competition record and with work to do in their next fixtures.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Santos 1, Bahia 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Santos with a 59.8 percent probability to win. Santos had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 3.