Match Report
20 points for Nova Iguaçu (5th), 27 for São Bernardo (1st): a 7-point gap. São Bernardo's recent output lagged their position: 22nd on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Nova Iguaçu were scoring 0.93 and conceding 1, São Bernardo 0.93 and 0.21, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
São Bernardo's unbeaten run stood at 7. From the last five rounds, Nova Iguaçu held 6 points of 15 and São Bernardo 13.
Estádio Jânio de Moraes in Nova Iguaçu, capacity 25,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.