Match Report
Confiança went into the game 19th in the table on 37 points; Vasco da Gama sat 11th on 49 — a 12-point gap. Vasco da Gama ranked just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Confiança were scoring 0.92 and conceding 1.26, Vasco da Gama 1.13 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in Aracaju, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.