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. With 38 matches recorded and 2.7 yellow cards per game, G. Holanda Souza was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.