Match Report
The table read 20th (Campinense, 16 pts) against 18th (Brasil de Pelotas, 17 pts), 1 points apart. Per game in the league, Campinense were scoring 0.79 and conceding 1.47, Brasil de Pelotas 1 and 1.53, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Campinense, winners of their last four. Brasil de Pelotas's winless run stood at 5. Over the last five, Campinense had taken 12 of 15 points to Brasil de Pelotas's 3.
Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro in Campina Grande, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.