Match Report
7 points and 2 places separated them: América RN 18th with 19, Pouso Alegre 20th with 12. On recent form Pouso Alegre sat only 27th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 20th overall. Per game in the league, América RN were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.11, Pouso Alegre 0.58 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
América RN had gone 5 games without a win. Pouso Alegre entered with six losses in a row.
Arena das Dunas in Natal, capacity 35,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.