Match Report
12 points and 6 places separated them: Nação 12th with 5, Brusque 6th with 17. The last five rounds placed Brusque 1st in the league for form — higher than their 6th in the standings. Per game in the league, Nação were scoring 0.91 and conceding 2.09, Brusque 1.18 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Nação — four in succession. Brusque carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Nação had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Brusque, 11.
Arena Joinville in Joinville staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,400. On the scoreboard, Nação led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.