Match Report
7 points for Penapolense (16th), 9 for Batatais (15th): a 2-point gap. Per game in the league, Penapolense were scoring 0.73 and conceding 1.67, Batatais 0.73 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Penapolense — three in succession. Batatais had not won in 5 games.
Estádio Municipal Tenente Carriço in Penapolis staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,679. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.