Match Report
7 points and 3 places separated them: Duque de Caxias 4th with 15, Santa Cruz RJ 7th with 8. Santa Cruz RJ ranked just 31st in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Duque de Caxias 1.11 scored and 0.78 conceded per game, Santa Cruz RJ 1.33 and 2.11, with the league averaging 1.29.
Duque de Caxias had won six straight, having scored in 7 consecutive games. A win had eluded Santa Cruz RJ for 6 matches. Over the last five, Duque de Caxias had taken 15 of 15 points to Santa Cruz RJ's 1.
The match was played at Estádio Romário de Souza Faria in Duque de Caxias (capacity 10,000).


