Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Novorizontino 5th on 64, Ituano 18th on 37. Novorizontino ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Novorizontino ran at 1.13 scored and 0.82 conceded, Ituano at 1.13 and 1.66.
Novorizontino's unbeaten run stood at 11.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Novorizontino 3, draws 0, Ituano 1, at 3.25 goals per meeting.
Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi in Novo Horizonte, capacity 16,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.