Match Report
Madureira went into the game 8th in the table on 14 points; Cianorte sat 3rd on 20 — a 6-point gap. The last five rounds placed Madureira no better than 60th for form, against 8th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Madureira 0.86 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Cianorte 0.86 and 0.64, with the league averaging 1.25.
Defeat had followed defeat for Madureira — three in succession. Over the last five, Madureira had taken 4 of 15 points to Cianorte's 10.
The venue was Estádio Aniceto Moscoso in Rio de Janeiro, with room for 10,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.