Match Report
4 points and 2 places separated them: Guarani 6th with 24, Ipatinga 4th with 28. The last five rounds placed Guarani no better than 20th for form, against 6th in the standings. Per game in the league, Guarani were scoring 0.83 and conceding 0.72, Ipatinga 1.17 and 0.94, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Guarani carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this. Ipatinga had drawn three in a row.
The match was played at Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa in Campinas (capacity 32,453). Ipatinga led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-2.