Match Report
São Paulo, 6th with 59 points, sat 29 points above Atlético GO (19th, 30). São Paulo had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Against a league average of 1.22 goals per team per game, São Paulo ran at 1.39 scored and 1.13 conceded, Atlético GO at 0.76 and 1.53.
Atlético GO had gone 14 games without a win. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for São Paulo against 2/15 for Atlético GO.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 7 São Paulo wins, 4 for Atlético GO, 2 draws, at 3.15 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 62% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 77% of the meetings.
Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in Sao Paulo, capacity 21,004, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, São Paulo led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.