Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Água Santa (3rd, 22 pts) and CAP Patrocinense (8th, 5 pts). On recent form CAP Patrocinense sat only 63rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Água Santa 0.86 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, CAP Patrocinense 0.43 and 2.29, with the league averaging 1.12.
Six consecutive defeats weighed on CAP Patrocinense. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Água Santa against 0/15 for CAP Patrocinense.
Estádio Municipal José Batista Pereira Fernandes in São Paulo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.