Match Report
América RN, 1st with 19 points, sat 16 points above Alecrim (4th, 3). On recent form Alecrim sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, América RN ran at 2.25 scored and 0.38 conceded, Alecrim at 0.38 and 1.63.
Alecrim had gone 7 games without a win. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for América RN against 1/15 for Alecrim.
Estádio Desembargador José Vasconcelos da Rocha in Parnamirim, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.