Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Santa Cruz 1st with 37 points, Remo 1st with 10, 27 apart. On recent form Santa Cruz sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Remo ran at 1.17 scored and 0.83 conceded, Santa Cruz at 1.78 and 0.89.
Remo had won eight straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. 9 matches unbeaten backed Santa Cruz's arrival.
The match was played at Estádio Estadual Jornalista Edgar Augusto Proença in Belem (capacity 18,024). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.


