Match Report
9 points for Brazil U23 (1st), 0 for Honduras U23 (4th): a 9-point gap. Honduras U23 had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Brazil U23 were scoring 2 and conceding 0, Honduras U23 0.33 and 2.33, against a competition average of 0.92 goals per team per game.
Brazil U23 arrived on a run of five straight wins. Defeat had followed defeat for Honduras U23 — three in succession. From the last five rounds, Brazil U23 held 15 points of 15 and Honduras U23 3.
The venue was Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar, with room for 23,423 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.