Match Report
The table read 1st (Joinville, 28 pts) against 5th (Esportivo, 18 pts), 10 points apart. The last five rounds placed Esportivo no better than 11th for form, against 5th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Joinville ran at 1.21 scored and 0.43 conceded, Esportivo at 1.07 and 0.93.
7 matches unbeaten backed Joinville's arrival. Esportivo arrived off three straight defeats. Over the last five, Joinville had taken 11 of 15 points to Esportivo's 2.
The venue was Arena Joinville in Joinville, with room for 22,400 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.