Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Santa Cruz (1st, 20 pts) and Petrolina (10th, 3 pts). Per game in the league, Santa Cruz were scoring 1.56 and conceding 0.44, Petrolina 0.44 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Petrolina had gone 10 games without a win.
Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel in Recife, capacity 60,044, hosted the game. Santa Cruz led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.




