Match Report
Ituano (1st, 13 pts) visited Paraná (9th, 16 pts) with 3 points between them. The last five rounds placed Paraná no better than 16th for form, against 9th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.02 goals per team per game, Paraná ran at 0.94 scored and 1.17 conceded, Ituano at 1.83 and 0.83.
Ituano had not lost in 5 games. Paraná had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Ituano, 11.
Estádio Durival de Britto e Silva in Curitiba staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.