Match Report
Paysandu, 20th on 28 points, faced a 28-point deficit to CRB (8th, 56). Scoring rates set the scale: CRB 1.18 scored and 1.05 conceded per game, Paysandu 0.95 and 1.37, with the league averaging 1.11.
Paysandu arrived off three straight defeats.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 CRB win, 0 for Paysandu, 4 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Estádio Universitário da UFAL in Maceió, Alagoas (capacity 5,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
CRB: Thiaguinho (49'), Mikael (90')