Match Report
1 points and 1 places separated them: Volta Redonda 4th with 8, Aracruz 3rd with 9. Aracruz had been under-performing their position — 30th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Volta Redonda ran at 0.63 scored and 0.75 conceded, Aracruz at 0.63 and 0.88.
Volta Redonda's winless run stood at 5. Defeat had not touched Aracruz in 8 games. Over the last five, Volta Redonda had taken 1 of 15 points to Aracruz's 7.
The match was played at Estádio General Sílvio Raulino de Oliveira in Volta Redonda (capacity 18,230). Volta Redonda led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.