Match Report
Piauí went into the game 5th in the table on 11 points; Barras sat 1st on 12 — a 1-point gap. Barras had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Piauí were scoring 1.86 and conceding 1.57, Barras 1.57 and 0.86, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Estádio Municipal Lindolfo Monteiro in Teresina, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.