Match Report
Avaí, 16th on 29 points, faced a 15-point deficit to Vila Nova (2nd, 44). Avaí's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 16th in the table. Per game in the league, Vila Nova were scoring 1.48 and conceding 1, Avaí 1.08 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Avaí had gone 5 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Vila Nova win, 1 for Avaí, 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga (capacity 11,788). On the scoreboard, Vila Nova led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Vila Nova: Bruno Xavier (33'), Dudu Dos Santos (45')
Key stats
Possession: Vila Nova 45% · Avaí 55% · Total shots: 14-7 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 2-1