Match Report
The table read 1st (Confiança, 18 pts) against 1st (Jacuipense, 14 pts), 4 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Jacuipense: only 22nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Scoring rates set the scale: Confiança 2 scored and 0.63 conceded per game, Jacuipense 1.75 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.34.
Confiança carried a 12-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Confiança held 11 points of 15 and Jacuipense 4.
Estádio Presidente Emílio Garrastazu Médici staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,123. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.




