Match Report
4 points and 1 places separated them: Oeste 3rd with 15, Portuguesa 2nd with 19. Portuguesa's recent output lagged their position: 8th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Oeste were scoring 0.8 and conceding 0.7, Portuguesa 1.4 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
Portuguesa had not lost in 7 games.
Centro de Treinamento Vila Porto in Sao Paulo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 31,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Oeste led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.