Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Vasco da Gama (3rd, 64 pts) and Ponte Preta (12th, 49 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Ponte Preta 0.89 scored and 0.95 conceded per game, Vasco da Gama 1.26 and 0.95, with the league averaging 1.01.
Ponte Preta arrived off three straight defeats. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Ponte Preta, 10/15 for Vasco da Gama.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 2 Ponte Preta wins, 5 for Vasco da Gama, 3 draws, at 2 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli in Campinas (capacity 19,722). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.




