Match Report
19 points for Falcon (4th), 18 for Cruzeiro Arapiraca (6th): a 1-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cruzeiro Arapiraca no better than 39th for form, against 6th in the standings. Per game in the league, Falcon were scoring 1.14 and conceding 1.07, Cruzeiro Arapiraca 0.93 and 1.57, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Falcon had gone 8 games without a win.
Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in Aracaju staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, Falcon led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 4-1.