Match Report
14 points for Joinville (20th), 24 for Luverdense (9th): a 10-point gap. Luverdense ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 9th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Joinville 0.72 scored and 1.94 conceded per game, Luverdense 1.5 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.25.
Joinville arrived off five straight defeats. The last-five ledger: Joinville 0/15, Luverdense 7/15.
With 87 matches recorded and 1.8 yellow cards per game, A. Moraes de Sousa was the man in the middle. The venue was Arena Joinville in Joinville, with room for 22,400 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Joinville led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-2.