Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ceará 15th with 32 points, Ponte Preta 20th with 10, 22 apart. Ceará had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Ceará 1.04 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Ponte Preta 0.59 and 2.07, with the league averaging 1.16.
Ponte Preta had gone 14 games without a win.
Estádio Presidente Vargas, capacity 20,600, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Ceará led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Ceará: Lucca (29'), Giulio Gabriel (78')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 70% · Ponte Preta 30% · Total shots: 20-7 · On target: 8-1 · Corners: 3-2