Match Report
11 points for Sampaio Corrêa (6th), 17 for Fortaleza (1st): a 6-point gap. Per game in the league, Sampaio Corrêa were scoring 1 and conceding 1, Fortaleza 1.13 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
6 matches unbeaten backed Sampaio Corrêa's arrival. Defeat had followed defeat for Fortaleza — three in succession. From the last five rounds, Sampaio Corrêa held 13 points of 15 and Fortaleza 6.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in Fortaleza staged the fixture, a ground that holds 63,903. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.