Match Report
Taboão da Serra, 15th on 10 points, faced a 16-point deficit to Noroeste (4th, 26). Noroeste had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Noroeste were scoring 1.07 and conceding 0.73, Taboão da Serra 0.73 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
Taboão da Serra's winless run stood at 12.
The venue was Estádio Dr. Alfredo de Castilho in Bauru, with room for 18,840 spectators. With 15 matches recorded and 1.8 yellow cards per game, J. Dutra Giroto was the man in the middle.