Match Report
The table read 8th (Duque de Caxias, 11 pts) against 14th (Belford Roxo, 10 pts), 1 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Duque de Caxias: only 34th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Scoring rates set the scale: Duque de Caxias 0.88 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, Belford Roxo 0.78 and 2.11, with the league averaging 1.34.
Belford Roxo arrived off four straight defeats.
Estádio Romário de Souza Faria in Duque de Caxias staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000.


