Match Report
14 points and 3 places separated them: Matonense 16th with 1, Rio Preto 13th with 15. The last five rounds placed Rio Preto 9th in the league for form — higher than their 13th in the standings. Per game in the league, Matonense were scoring 0.33 and conceding 2.87, Rio Preto 0.87 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Matonense had been beaten in 12 straight games.
The match was played at Estádio Dr. Hudson Buck Pereira (capacity 8,758). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.




