Match Report
América Mineiro (8th, 58 pts) visited Santos (1st, 68 pts) with 10 points between them. The last five rounds placed Santos no better than 6th for form, against 1st in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Santos 1.5 scored and 0.84 conceded per game, América Mineiro 1.32 and 0.92, with the league averaging 1.09.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 5 Santos wins, 8 for América Mineiro, 0 draws, at 2.15 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 77% of the meetings.
The venue was Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Santos, with room for 16,798 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.