Match Report
The table read 4th (Duque de Caxias, 15 pts) against 6th (Barcelona RJ, 9 pts), 6 points apart. Barcelona RJ ranked just 39th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Duque de Caxias 1.11 scored and 0.78 conceded per game, Barcelona RJ 1.11 and 1.89, with the league averaging 1.29.
Duque de Caxias had won five straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Barcelona RJ had gone 6 games without a win. Duque de Caxias had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Barcelona RJ, 2.
The venue was Estádio Romário de Souza Faria, with room for 10,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.


