Match Report
The table read 1st (Internacional, 20 pts) against 1st (Avenida, 11 pts), 9 points apart. Avenida had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Internacional were scoring 2 and conceding 0.5, Avenida 1.83 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Avenida were winless in 9.
The match was played at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in Porto Alegre (capacity 51,300). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Internacional: Alexandro Bernabei (62')