Match Report
Londrina, 19th on 31 points, faced a 41-point deficit to Vitória (1st, 72). Vitória had been under-performing their position — 6th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Londrina were scoring 0.82 and conceding 1.53, Vitória 1.32 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Londrina were winless in 5. The last-five ledger: Londrina 2/15, Vitória 10/15.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff in Londrina (capacity 19,584). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.