Match Report
The table read 7th (Nova Iguaçu, 10 pts) against 6th (Resende, 14 pts), 4 points apart. Resende had been under-performing their position — 47th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Nova Iguaçu ran at 1.07 scored and 1.64 conceded, Resende at 0.86 and 1.29.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Nova Iguaçu, 3 for Resende and 1 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estádio Jânio de Moraes in Nova Iguaçu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Nova Iguaçu led 3-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 3-0.