Match Report
The table read 20th (EC São José, 11 pts) against 4th (São Bernardo, 5 pts), 6 points apart. On recent form São Bernardo sat only 20th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, EC São José were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.16, São Bernardo 0.83 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
EC São José had gone 12 games without a win. São Bernardo were unbeaten in 6. The last-five ledger: EC São José 1/15, São Bernardo 11/15.
Estádio do Passo d'Areia in Porto Alegre 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 3-0.