Match Report
9 points for Novo Hamburgo (11th), 16 for Caxias (3rd): a 7-point gap. Per game in the league, Novo Hamburgo were scoring 0.55 and conceding 1.36, Caxias 1.36 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.07 goals per team per game.
Novo Hamburgo had been beaten in three straight games. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Novo Hamburgo, 10/15 for Caxias.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Novo Hamburgo 1, draws 0, Caxias 3, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings.
The venue was Estádio do Vale in Novo Hamburgo, with room for 50,842 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.