Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Operário Ltda (3rd, 24 pts) held an 18-point advantage over Interporto (7th, 6 pts). The last five rounds placed Interporto no better than 58th for form, against 7th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Operário Ltda 2.07 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Interporto 0.21 and 3.36, with the league averaging 1.19.
Operário Ltda were unbeaten in 5. A win had eluded Interporto for 5 matches. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Operário Ltda against 2/15 for Interporto.
The match was played at Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba (capacity 44,000). The referee was F. Soares Dias, with 21 matches in our database and 2.5 yellows per game on average. Operário Ltda led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 6-0 full-time score.