Match Report
The table read 1st (Americano, 22 pts) against 7th (Itaboraí, 12 pts), 10 points apart. Itaboraí's recent output lagged their position: 31st on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Americano ran at 2.33 scored and 0.78 conceded, Itaboraí at 1.44 and 1.44.
Americano carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Americano 13/15, Itaboraí 6/15.
Estádio Ângelo de Carvalho in Campos dos Goytacazes, capacity 2,000, hosted the game.


