Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Santos (1st, 68 pts) and Paysandu (12th, 51 pts). Recent form flatters Paysandu's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Paysandu ran at 1.08 scored and 1.11 conceded, Santos at 1.5 and 0.84.
Santos carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Estádio Estadual Jornalista Edgar Augusto Proença in Belem, capacity 18,024, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Santos led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.