Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: EC São José 3rd with 9, Novo Hamburgo 4th with 6. Novo Hamburgo had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, EC São José were scoring 0.67 and conceding 0.5, Novo Hamburgo 0.83 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 EC São José wins, 2 for Novo Hamburgo, 1 draw, at 2.4 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 80% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
Estádio do Passo d'Areia staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
EC São José: Gabriel Lima (74') · Novo Hamburgo: Leandro (47'), Henrique Ávila (90')
Key stats
Possession: EC São José 68% · Novo Hamburgo 32% · Total shots: 17-8 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 6-2