Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Operário PR (1st, 36 pts) held a 17-point advantage over América RN (18th, 19 pts). The last five rounds placed Operário PR no better than 13th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, América RN were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.11, Operário PR 1 and 0.53, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
América RN were winless in 5. From the last five rounds, América RN held 2 points of 15 and Operário PR 9.
The match was played at Arena das Dunas in Natal (capacity 35,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.