Match Report
In the standings it was Portuguesa 2nd on 19 points, São Caetano 1st on 20 — separated by 1. Portuguesa ranked just 8th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Portuguesa were scoring 1.4 and conceding 0.5, São Caetano 1.7 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for São Caetano.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 3 Portuguesa wins, 0 for São Caetano, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
Estádio Dr. Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte in Sao Paulo, capacity 21,004, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.