Match Report
Athletic Club went into the game 1st in the table on 10 points; Ferroviário sat 19th on 15 — a 5-point gap. Athletic Club ranked just 8th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Athletic Club 1.83 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Ferroviário 1 and 2, with the league averaging 1.21.
From the last five rounds, Athletic Club held 12 points of 15 and Ferroviário 6.
The match was played at Estádio Joaquim Portugal (São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais) in São João Del Rei. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.