Match Report
Boavista went into the game 8th in the table on 9 points; Nova Iguaçu sat 7th on 15 — a 6-point gap. The last five rounds placed Boavista no better than 66th for form, against 8th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, Boavista ran at 0.64 scored and 1.64 conceded, Nova Iguaçu at 0.93 and 1.14.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Boavista. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Boavista, 8/15 for Nova Iguaçu.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Boavista 0, draws 3, Nova Iguaçu 1, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça, capacity 7,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
Boavista: Matheus Mascarenhas (32') · Nova Iguaçu: Vini Charopem (16')
Key stats
Possession: Boavista 57% · Nova Iguaçu 43% · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 4-1