Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Ponte Preta (1st, 36 pts) and CA Linense (11th, 18 pts). CA Linense had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.87/0.93 for CA Linense and 1.93/0.93 for Ponte Preta (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.27.
Ponte Preta carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: CA Linense 5/15, Ponte Preta 13/15.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Gilberto Siqueira Lopes in Lins (capacity 15,770). Ponte Preta led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.


