Match Report
Cruzeiro went into the game 3rd in the table on 13 points; Universitario sat 11th on 10 — a 3-point gap. Universitario had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Cruzeiro were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.83, Universitario 0.67 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Cruzeiro were unbeaten in 8, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Cruzeiro had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; Universitario, 4.
The match was played at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in Belo Horizonte (capacity 62,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.