Match Report
The table read 5th (Petrópolis, 5 pts) against 3rd (Niteroiense, 7 pts), 2 points apart. Per game in the league, Petrópolis were scoring 1 and conceding 0.33, Niteroiense 1.33 and 0.33, against a competition average of 0.97 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Niteroiense in 5 games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Petrópolis against 11/15 for Niteroiense.
Estádio Cantídio Oliveira de Thomaz staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Petrópolis: 1 goal with no recorded scorer · Niteroiense: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Total shots: 21-14 · On target: 7-5 · Corners: 5-0