Match Report
11 points and 3 places separated them: Sport Boys 4th with 2, Atlético Mineiro 1st with 13. Sport Boys's recent output lagged their position: 29th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Sport Boys were scoring 1.33 and conceding 3.17, Atlético Mineiro 2.83 and 1, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Atlético Mineiro, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
Estadio Samuel Vaca Jimenez in Warnes, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Atlético Mineiro led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-5.