Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Botafogo PB 1st with 33 points, Santa Cruz 2nd with 3, 30 apart. On recent form Botafogo PB sat only 25th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Cruz 1 scored and 0 conceded per game, Botafogo PB 1.47 and 1, with the league averaging 1.14.
Defeat had not touched Botafogo PB in 11 games. Over the last five, Santa Cruz had taken 5 of 15 points to Botafogo PB's 11.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by Santa Cruz, 1 by Botafogo PB, 4 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 17% of the wins in this matchup. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel, capacity 60,044, hosted the game. Santa Cruz led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Santa Cruz: Eron (13')
Key stats
Possession: Santa Cruz 43% · Botafogo PB 57% · Total shots: 1-0 · On target: 1-0 · Corners: 5-14