Match Report
Boavista went into the game 3rd in the table on 8 points; Fluminense sat 1st on 15 — a 7-point gap. Per game in the league, Boavista were scoring 1 and conceding 1.33, Fluminense 1.5 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Boavista had gone 12 games without a win. Over the last five, Boavista had taken 1 of 15 points to Fluminense's 12.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Boavista, 1 by Fluminense, 3 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. In 80% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The venue was Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça, with room for 7,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Boavista: Gabriel Caran (48')
Key stats
Possession: Boavista 23% · Fluminense 77% · Total shots: 9-7 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 5-5