Match Report
Atlético Catarinense, 12th on 1 points, faced a 16-point deficit to Avaí (5th, 17). Per game in the league, Atlético Catarinense were scoring 0.18 and conceding 1.82, Avaí 1.64 and 1.27, against a competition average of 0.93 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Atlético Catarinense — four in succession. Avaí carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Atlético Catarinense had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Avaí, 11.
The venue was Estádio Orlando Scarpelli in Florianopolis, with room for 19,584 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.