Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Cruzeiro (1st, 78 pts) and Novorizontino (16th, 44 pts). On recent form Cruzeiro sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, Novorizontino ran at 1.16 scored and 1.29 conceded, Cruzeiro at 1.5 and 0.68.
Cruzeiro had lost three in a row.
The venue was Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi in Novo Horizonte, with room for 16,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Cruzeiro led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-4.