Match Report
The points column showed no gap: 6 apiece, Rio Branco 19th and Santa Cruz 12th. Recent form flatters Santa Cruz's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 12th. Per game in the league, Rio Branco were scoring 0.4 and conceding 2.3, Santa Cruz 3 and 0, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Santa Cruz, winners of their last three. Over the last five, Rio Branco had taken 3 of 15 points to Santa Cruz's 10.
On the scoreboard, Santa Cruz led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-2 the final score.
Goal scorers
Santa Cruz: André Dias (14'), Raul (38')




