Match Report
The table gap was wide: 43 points between Palmeiras (2nd, 73 pts) and Cuiabá (20th, 30 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Palmeiras 1.58 scored and 0.87 conceded per game, Cuiabá 0.76 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.22.
Cuiabá's winless run stood at 7. The last-five ledger: Palmeiras 8/15, Cuiabá 1/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 5 Palmeiras wins, 1 for Cuiabá, 1 draw, at 2.29 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo (capacity 43,713). On the scoreboard, Palmeiras led 4-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 5-0.