Match Report
In the standings it was Grêmio Prudente 4th on 28 points, Itapirense 12th on 15 — separated by 13. Itapirense's recent output outran their position: 7th on form over five rounds, 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Grêmio Prudente ran at 2.07 scored and 1.27 conceded, Itapirense at 1.27 and 1.47.
Itapirense had gone 12 games without a win. Over the last five, Grêmio Prudente had taken 9 of 15 points to Itapirense's 3.
The match was played at Estádio Paulo Constantino in Presidente Prudente (capacity 45,954). On the scoreboard, Grêmio Prudente led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.