Match Report
15 points for Palmeiras (1st), 8 for Deportivo Pereira (2nd): a 7-point gap. Deportivo Pereira's recent output lagged their position: 16th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Palmeiras ran at 2.67 scored and 1 conceded, Deportivo Pereira at 0.83 and 0.83.
Palmeiras arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo (capacity 40,199). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.