Match Report
12 points and 8 places separated them: Paysandu 1st with 30, Jacuipense 9th with 18. Paysandu had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Paysandu were scoring 1.28 and conceding 1.11, Jacuipense 0.72 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.02 goals per team per game.
Estádio Leônidas Sodré de Castro in Belem, capacity 18,024, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Paysandu led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.