Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Retrô 2nd with 26, ASA 4th with 21. Recent form told a different story for ASA: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.12 goals per team per game, Retrô ran at 1.5 scored and 0.86 conceded, ASA at 1.07 and 0.93.
5 meetings are on record — 3 won by Retrô, 0 by ASA, 2 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Estádio Antônio Afonso de Melo in Alto Araguaia (capacity 4,500). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.