Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Volta Redonda (2nd, 33 pts) and Altos (19th, 13 pts). On recent form Altos sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 19th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Volta Redonda 1.74 scored and 1 conceded per game, Altos 0.74 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.08.
Altos were winless in 8. Over the last five, Volta Redonda had taken 9 of 15 points to Altos's 2.
The venue was Estádio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira in Volta Redonda, with room for 18,230 spectators. On the scoreboard, Volta Redonda led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.