Match Report
The table read 2nd (Cuiabá, 19 pts) against 10th (Araguaia, 5 pts), 14 points apart. Per game in the league, Cuiabá were scoring 2.22 and conceding 0.89, Araguaia 0.44 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Cuiabá in 7 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Araguaia's winless run stood at 5. Recent form was uneven: 11/15 points for Cuiabá, 2/15 for Araguaia.
The match was played at Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, Cuiabá led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-0.