Match Report
1 points and 3 places separated them: Joinville 5th with 15, Cianorte 2nd with 16. Joinville had been under-performing their position — 71st on five-round form against 5th in the table. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Joinville ran at 1 scored and 0.8 conceded, Cianorte at 0.9 and 0.8.
Arena Joinville staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,400. With 11 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, J. Gonçalves Fernandes was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Joinville 61% · Cianorte 39% · Total shots: 8-11 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 1-5