Match Report
16 points separated the sides: Palmeiras 2nd on 53, Coritiba 7th on 37. Palmeiras ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Coritiba ran at 1.31 scored and 1.35 conceded, Palmeiras at 1.73 and 0.81.
Palmeiras had won three straight.
Across 20 recorded meetings, Coritiba have 9 wins to Palmeiras's 8, with 3 draws, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 35% of the meetings went over two goals.
The referee was A. Daronco, with 100 matches in our database and 2.9 yellows per game on average. Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,502. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Palmeiras led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Coritiba: Paulo Roberto (68') · Palmeiras: Mauricio (9'), Mauricio (19'), Ramón Sosa (67')
Key stats
Possession: Coritiba 52% · Palmeiras 48% · Total shots: 17-14 · On target: 6-6 · Corners: 8-4