Match Report
19 points separated the sides: Corinthians 1st on 27, Noroeste 3rd on 8. Noroeste ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Corinthians were scoring 1.67 and conceding 1.08, Noroeste 1 and 1.58, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
From the last five rounds, Corinthians held 12 points of 15 and Noroeste 6.
Arena Corinthians in São Paulo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 49,205. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Corinthians led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Corinthians: Igor Coronado (34'), Talles Magno (75') · Noroeste: Pedro Felipe (90')