Match Report
Defensor Sporting (15th, 8 pts) visited São Paulo (4th, 13 pts) with 5 points between them. Defensor Sporting ranked just 20th in the league on five-round form despite their 15th table position. Per game in the league, São Paulo were scoring 1.67 and conceding 1, Defensor Sporting 1 and 1, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with São Paulo, winners of their last four. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for São Paulo, 7/15 for Defensor Sporting.
The match was played at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in Sao Paulo (capacity 66,795). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Defensor Sporting led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.