Match Report
10 points for Ferroviária (2nd), 16 for Aparecidense (18th): a 6-point gap. Aparecidense ranked just 28th in the league on five-round form despite their 18th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Ferroviária 2 scored and 2 conceded per game, Aparecidense 0.95 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.21.
Ferroviária carried a 14-game unbeaten run into this. 5 games without a win framed Aparecidense's arrival. Ferroviária had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Aparecidense, 2.
Estádio Municipal Dr. Adhemar de Barros in Araraquara, capacity 25,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.