Match Report
Catanduva, 3rd with 29 points, sat 19 points above São Caetano (15th, 10). Catanduva ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Catanduva were scoring 1.27 and conceding 0.73, São Caetano 0.87 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Catanduva came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. São Caetano were winless in 10. Catanduva had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; São Caetano, 2.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Sílvio Salles in Catanduva (capacity 16,474). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Catanduva led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.