Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Coritiba (1st, 68 pts) held a 24-point advantage over Athletic Club (15th, 44 pts). Athletic Club's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 15th in the table. Against a league average of 1.11 goals per team per game, Coritiba ran at 1.03 scored and 0.61 conceded, Athletic Club at 1.13 and 1.39.
The referee was B. Arleu de Araujo, with 100 matches in our database and 4.0 yellows per game on average. The venue was Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira in Curitiba, with room for 43,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.




