Match Report
ABC went into the game 5th in the table on 7 points; CRB sat 2nd on 15 — an 8-point gap. CRB had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, ABC ran at 1 scored and 1.5 conceded, CRB at 1.5 and 0.75.
Level finishes had become the habit for ABC: five in a row.
Across 4 recorded meetings, ABC have 0 wins to CRB's 3, with 1 draw, at 1.25 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Estádio Maria Lamas Farache in Natal, with room for 18,017 spectators. With 44 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, D. da Silva Castro was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.