Match Report
Avenida (1st, 11 pts) visited Brasil de Pelotas (3rd, 7 pts) with 4 points between them. Recent form told a different story for Avenida: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Per game in the league, Brasil de Pelotas were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.25, Avenida 1.83 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Avenida in 5 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Brasil de Pelotas 2, draws 4, Avenida 2, at 2.38 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas, capacity 12,314, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Avenida: Hector Bustamente (66')