Match Report
In the standings it was Botafogo SP II 2nd on 9 points, Ferroviária 2nd on 8 — separated by 1. Botafogo SP II had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.33 goals per team per game, Botafogo SP II ran at 2.17 scored and 1.5 conceded, Ferroviária at 0.67 and 0.5.
Botafogo SP II's last three games had all finished level. Ferroviária were unbeaten in 8.
Estádio Santa Cruz in Ribeirão Preto, capacity 29,292, hosted the game. With 95 matches recorded and 2.3 yellow cards per game, M. Delgado Candançan was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.