Match Report
Fluminense went into the game 1st in the table on 14 points; Cerro Porteño sat 3rd on 6 — an 8-point gap. Cerro Porteño had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Fluminense were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.83, Cerro Porteño 0.67 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Cerro Porteño were unbeaten in 9.
Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in Rio de Janeiro staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,544. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.