Match Report
11 points for Confiança (4th), 2 for Sampaio Corrêa (8th): a 9-point gap. The last five rounds placed Sampaio Corrêa no better than 17th for form, against 8th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Confiança 1.14 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Sampaio Corrêa 0.57 and 2.29, with the league averaging 1.29.
Sampaio Corrêa had not won in 8 games. The last-five ledger: Confiança 7/15, Sampaio Corrêa 1/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Confiança win, 2 for Sampaio Corrêa, 1 draw, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista, with room for 15,575 spectators. Confiança led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Confiança: Neto Oliveira (11'), Breiner Barbosa (26')
Key stats
Possession: Confiança 60% · Sampaio Corrêa 40% · Total shots: 14-6 · On target: 6-1 · Corners: 5-3