Match Report
2 points and 4 places separated them: Caldense 5th with 11, URT 1st with 9. URT's recent output lagged their position: 7th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Caldense were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1, URT 1 and 0, against a competition average of 0.97 goals per team per game.
Caldense's last three games had all finished level.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Caldense have 1 win to URT's 4, with 3 draws, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 38% of the meetings went to the host. In 75% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The match was played at Estádio Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira in Pocos de Caldas (capacity 15,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.