Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ypiranga Erechim 1st with 28 points, Luverdense 9th with 13, 15 apart. Luverdense had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Per game in the league, Luverdense were scoring 0.72 and conceding 1.06, Ypiranga Erechim 1 and 0.56, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Luverdense's winless run stood at 8. Ypiranga Erechim carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Luverdense held 4 points of 15 and Ypiranga Erechim 11.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Passo Das Emas in Lucas do Rio Verde (capacity 6,000). Ypiranga Erechim led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.