Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Coritiba 3rd with 64 points, Sampaio Corrêa 14th with 47, 17 apart. Coritiba ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Coritiba ran at 1.29 scored and 0.92 conceded, Sampaio Corrêa at 1.08 and 1.11.
Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Coritiba. Sampaio Corrêa entered with four losses in a row. Over the last five, Coritiba had taken 9 of 15 points to Sampaio Corrêa's 1.
Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira in Curitiba, capacity 43,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-0.