Match Report
29 points separated the sides: Bragantino U20 2nd on 35, Araçatuba U20 15th on 6. The last five rounds placed Araçatuba U20 no better than 46th for form, against 15th in the standings. Per game in the league, Bragantino U20 were scoring 2.4 and conceding 0.73, Araçatuba U20 0.93 and 3.2, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Bragantino U20 arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Six consecutive defeats weighed on Araçatuba U20. Bragantino U20 had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Araçatuba U20, 0.
The match was played at Estádio Cicero de Souza Marques in Sao Paulo (capacity 12,000). On the scoreboard, Bragantino U20 led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-1.