Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Goiás (2nd, 65 pts) held a 25-point advantage over Vitória (18th, 40 pts). Vitória had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Goiás were scoring 1.26 and conceding 0.82, Vitória 0.82 and 0.84, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Goiás have 2 wins to Vitória's 1, with 3 draws, at 2.83 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 67%.
The referee was W. do Nascimento Magalhaes, with 100 matches in our database and 3.1 yellows per game on average. The venue was Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás (Serra Dourada) (Goiânia, Goiás) in Goiânia, Goiás. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Goiás led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.