Match Report
Avaí, 19th on 35 points, faced a 38-point deficit to Internacional (2nd, 73). On the form table Avaí stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 19th overall. Per game in the league, Avaí were scoring 0.89 and conceding 1.58, Internacional 1.53 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Avaí had gone 5 games without a win.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Avaí have 1 win to Internacional's 7, with 1 draw, at 2.56 goals per meeting. Where history says 2.56 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.6.
The match was played at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva in Florianopolis (capacity 5,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.