Match Report
Both sides brought 17 points into this one — Fluminense PI 5th, Castanhal 6th. Castanhal ranked just 43rd in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Fluminense PI were scoring 1.64 and conceding 1.36, Castanhal 1.14 and 1.07, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
J. Ribeiro Souza Sobrinho took charge of the match — our records show 14 games refereed with an average of 2.5 yellow cards per game. Estádio Governador Alberto Tavares Silva in Teresina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 50,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fluminense PI led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-1.