Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Internacional 3rd with 69 points, Paraná 20th with 23, 46 apart. On recent form Internacional sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Paraná ran at 0.47 scored and 1.5 conceded, Internacional at 1.34 and 0.76.
Estádio Durival de Britto e Silva in Curitiba staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.