Match Report
7 points and 5 places separated them: Gonçalense 6th with 11, América RJ 1st with 18. Gonçalense's recent output lagged their position: 37th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Gonçalense were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.89, América RJ 1.78 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
América RJ entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Over the last five, Gonçalense had taken 6 of 15 points to América RJ's 13.
Estádio Cantídio Oliveira de Thomaz, capacity 8,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Gonçalense: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Gonçalense 49% · América RJ 51% · On target: 4-7 · Corners: 6-9