Match Report
Cuiabá went into the game 11th in the table on 36 points; Operário PR sat 9th on 37 — a 1-point gap. Recent form flatters Cuiabá's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 11th. Per game in the league, Cuiabá were scoring 0.92 and conceding 0.76, Operário PR 1.24 and 1.28, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Operário PR, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Cuiabá, 1 for Operário PR and 3 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Arena Pantanal, with room for 42,968 spectators. The referee was B. Pereira Vasconcelos, with 53 matches in our database and 2.7 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Cuiabá: Wesley Dias (74')
Key stats
Possession: Cuiabá 44% · Operário PR 56% · Total shots: 6-21 · On target: 1-3 · Corners: 4-9