Match Report
Belford Roxo went into the game 14th in the table on 10 points; Nova Iguaçu sat 1st on 8 — a 2-point gap. Belford Roxo had been under-performing their position — 38th on five-round form against 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Belford Roxo were scoring 0.78 and conceding 2.11, Nova Iguaçu 1 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Belford Roxo had been beaten in five straight games. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Belford Roxo against 8/15 for Nova Iguaçu.
The match was played at Estádio Romário de Souza Faria in Duque de Caxias (capacity 10,000).


