Match Report
9 points and 6 places separated them: Volta Redonda U20 5th with 17, Nova Iguaçu U20 11th with 8. Recent form told a different story for Volta Redonda U20: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Volta Redonda U20 were scoring 1.27 and conceding 2.18, Nova Iguaçu U20 0.82 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Volta Redonda U20, 1 by Nova Iguaçu U20, 2 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 100%.
Estádio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira in Volta Redonda, capacity 18,230, hosted the game. Nova Iguaçu U20 led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.