Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Operário PR (6th, 57 pts) and Oeste (20th, 29 pts). Oeste had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.05/0.89 for Operário PR and 0.74/1.58 for Oeste (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.08.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Operário PR, 1 for Oeste and 1 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 0% saw more than two goals.
Estádio Germano Krüger in Ponta Grossa staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,632. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.