| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangu | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5/15 | 5-7 |
| São Bento | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9/15 | 7-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangu | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | WLLWW | 16 | -11 |
| São Bento | 7 | 14 | 14 | -3 | LWWLL | 36 | -29 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2021-08-28
The table read 5th (Bangu, 19 pts) against 7th (São Bento, 14 pts), 5 points apart. São Bento's recent output lagged their position: 36th on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Bangu ran at 1 scored and 1.14 conceded, São Bento at 0.71 and 0.93.
Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in Rio de Janeiro, capacity 13,544, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
