Match Report
Barra da Tijuca went into the game 8th in the table on 7 points; Sampaio Corrêa RJ sat 5th on 14 — a 7-point gap. Barra da Tijuca ranked just 37th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Barra da Tijuca were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.25, Sampaio Corrêa RJ 1.67 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Sampaio Corrêa RJ entered with four wins in a row.
The match was played at Estádio Camilo Mussi in Itajai (capacity 1,160). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.