Match Report
12 points and 3 places separated them: Prospera Criciuma 8th with 6, São Luiz 5th with 18. Recent form told a different story for Prospera Criciuma: only 61st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Scoring rates set the scale: Prospera Criciuma 0.64 scored and 1.43 conceded per game, São Luiz 1.29 and 1.21, with the league averaging 1.16.
Prospera Criciuma entered with three losses in a row. The last-five ledger: Prospera Criciuma 1/15, São Luiz 8/15.
The match was played at Estádio Heriberto Hülse in Criciúma (capacity 19,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Prospera Criciuma led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.