Match Report
EC São José went into the game 20th in the table on 11 points; Aparecidense sat 18th on 16 — a 5-point gap. Aparecidense ranked just 28th in the league on five-round form despite their 18th table position. Per game in the league, EC São José were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.16, Aparecidense 0.95 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
EC São José's winless run stood at 9. Aparecidense had lost three in a row.
Estádio do Passo d'Areia in Porto Alegre staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.