Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Ypiranga Erechim (10th, 28 pts) and Botafogo SP (2nd, 10 pts). Botafogo SP had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Botafogo SP 1.83 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Ypiranga Erechim 1.32 and 1.05, with the league averaging 1.17.
Ypiranga Erechim were unbeaten in 11.
The venue was Estádio Santa Cruz in Ribeirão Preto, with room for 29,292 spectators. Botafogo SP led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.




