Match Report
62 points for Chapecoense (3rd), 60 for Novorizontino (7th): a 2-point gap. The last five rounds placed Novorizontino no better than 12th for form, against 7th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.11 goals per team per game, Chapecoense ran at 1.37 scored and 0.92 conceded, Novorizontino at 1.13 and 0.84.
Novorizontino carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Chapecoense had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Novorizontino, 11.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Chapecoense, 0 draws and 3 for Novorizontino, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Arena Condá in Chapecó, with room for 20,089 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Chapecoense: Perotti (60')