Match Report
Ponte Preta (19th, 39 pts) visited Fluminense (14th, 47 pts) with 8 points between them. Per game in the league, Fluminense were scoring 1.32 and conceding 1.39, Ponte Preta 0.97 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 4 Fluminense wins, 2 for Ponte Preta, 3 draws, at 2.22 goals per meeting.
Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in Rio de Janeiro staged the fixture, a ground that holds 78,639. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.