Match Report
In the standings it was Confiança 4th on 26 points, Treze 8th on 19 — separated by 7. Confiança ranked just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Confiança 1.22 scored and 1.22 conceded per game, Treze 1.22 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.13.
Confiança carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
The venue was Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in Aracaju, with room for 15,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.