Match Report
The table read 6th (Comercial, 6 pts) against 3rd (Grêmio Prudente, 15 pts), 9 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Comercial: only 11th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Comercial were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.6, Grêmio Prudente 1.2 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Comercial for 6 matches. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Comercial against 8/15 for Grêmio Prudente.
The match was played at Estádio Dr. Francisco de Palma Travassos in Ribeirao Preto (capacity 2,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.