Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Novorizontino 1st on 39, Paraná 9th on 16. Recent form told a different story for Paraná: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. In league terms the two rates read 1.33/0.56 for Novorizontino and 0.94/1.17 for Paraná (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.02.
The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Novorizontino against 4/15 for Paraná.
The match was played at Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi in Novo Horizonte (capacity 16,000). On the scoreboard, Novorizontino led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.