Match Report
The table read 5th (Figueirense, 29 pts) against 1st (Novorizontino, 39 pts), 10 points apart. Novorizontino ranked just 7th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Figueirense were scoring 1.06 and conceding 0.78, Novorizontino 1.33 and 0.56, against a competition average of 1.02 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Figueirense for 8 matches. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Figueirense against 10/15 for Novorizontino.
The match was played at Estádio Orlando Scarpelli in Florianopolis (capacity 19,584). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Figueirense led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.