Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Joinville 1st with 28, Uberlândia 3rd with 23. Uberlândia's recent output lagged their position: 22nd on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Joinville were scoring 1.21 and conceding 0.43, Uberlândia 1.5 and 1.07, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Uberlândia had not lost in 6 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Joinville had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Uberlândia, 11.
Arena Joinville in Joinville, capacity 22,400, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Joinville led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-1 the final score.