Match Report
In the standings it was Caxias 1st on 27 points, Real Noroeste 3rd on 23 — separated by 4. On recent form Real Noroeste sat only 22nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Caxias were scoring 1.43 and conceding 0.86, Real Noroeste 1.36 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Caxias arrived off three consecutive draws, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The venue was Estádio Francisco Stédile in Caxias do Sul, with room for 17,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.