Match Report
21 points separated the sides: Operário PR 1st on 35, Joinville 20th on 14. The last five rounds placed Operário PR no better than 11th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Joinville ran at 0.72 scored and 1.94 conceded, Operário PR at 1.39 and 0.94.
Operário PR had not lost in 9 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Joinville wins, 1 for Operário PR, 1 draw, at 1 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Arena Joinville in Joinville (capacity 22,400). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.