Match Report
Paraná, 20th on 23 points, faced a 27-point deficit to Santos (10th, 50). Recent form told a different story for Santos: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 10th. Per game in the league, Paraná were scoring 0.47 and conceding 1.5, Santos 1.21 and 1.05, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Paraná's winless run stood at 9. Paraná had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Santos, 10.
Estádio Durival de Britto e Silva in Curitiba, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.