Match Report
9 points and 3 places separated them: Barretos 5th with 3, Francana 2nd with 12. Barretos had been under-performing their position — 25th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Against a league average of 1.04 goals per team per game, Barretos ran at 0.75 scored and 1.5 conceded, Francana at 1.13 and 0.88.
A win had eluded Barretos for 6 matches.
The match was played at Estádio Antônio Gomes Martins in Barretos (capacity 13,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.