Match Report
9 points and 1 places separated them: Ipatinga 2nd with 9, América Mineiro 1st with 18. Ipatinga had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Ipatinga were scoring 2.75 and conceding 1.75, América Mineiro 2.25 and 0.25, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
F. Fernandes de Lima officiated: 84 games logged, averaging 2.8 yellow cards each. The match was played at Estádio João Lamego Neto in Ipatinga (capacity 10,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: América Mineiro led 2-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-6.