Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Figueirense 3rd with 33 points, Vitória 2nd with 9, 24 apart. Vitória's recent output lagged their position: 16th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Vitória were scoring 0.67 and conceding 1, Figueirense 1.42 and 0.95, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Vitória had not lost in 8 games.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Vitória 2, draws 1, Figueirense 3, at 2.17 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Estádio Manoel Barradas in Salvador, with room for 30,000 spectators. Vitória led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.