Match Report
In the standings it was Itapemirim 4th on 3 points, Novorizontino 2nd on 9 — separated by 6. Recent form told a different story for Itapemirim: only 54th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Per game in the league, Itapemirim were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1, Novorizontino 1.67 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Itapemirim had gone 5 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Itapemirim 2/15, Novorizontino 8/15.
The match was played at Estádio José Olívio Soares (capacity 2,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.