Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Confiança 1st with 18 points, Ipatinga 5th with 2, 16 apart. Ipatinga had been under-performing their position — 38th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Ipatinga were scoring 1 and conceding 2.25, Confiança 2 and 0.63, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Ipatinga entered with four losses in a row. 6 matches unbeaten backed Confiança's arrival, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Ipatinga 1/15, Confiança 11/15.
Estádio João Lamego Neto staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. On the scoreboard, Confiança led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Confiança: Eron (31')