2008| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duque de Caxias | 13 | L1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8/15 | 12-10 |
| Rio Branco | 9 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12/15 | 14-12 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duque de Caxias | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | DDLWL | 82 | -77 |
| Rio Branco | 1 | 6 | 13 | 6 | WDWWW | 23 | -22 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2008-11-16
5 points and 4 places separated them: Duque de Caxias 5th with 18, Rio Branco 1st with 13. Duque de Caxias had been under-performing their position — 82nd on five-round form against 5th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.93/2.21 for Duque de Caxias and 1.5/0.5 for Rio Branco (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.4.
The venue was Estádio Romário de Souza Faria in Duque de Caxias, with room for 10,000 spectators.
