Match Report
Frei Paulistano (8th, 8 pts) visited Itabaiana (4th, 16 pts) with 8 points between them. Scoring rates set the scale: Itabaiana 1.11 scored and 0.78 conceded per game, Frei Paulistano 0.78 and 1.44, with the league averaging 1.03.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Itabaiana. Frei Paulistano arrived off four straight defeats. The last-five ledger: Itabaiana 12/15, Frei Paulistano 1/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Itabaiana win, 1 for Frei Paulistano, 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estádio Etelvino Mendonça in Itabaiana (capacity 11,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.