Match Report
In the standings it was EC São José 4th on 6 points, América RN 18th on 19 — separated by 13. The last five rounds placed EC São José no better than 15th for form, against 4th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.08 goals per team per game, EC São José ran at 0.83 scored and 1.17 conceded, América RN at 0.63 and 1.11.
R. Candido Alves took charge of the match — our records show 39 games refereed with an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game. The venue was Estádio do Passo d'Areia in Porto Alegre, with room for 8,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.