Match Report
1 points and 9 places separated them: Tombense 1st with 11, Santa Cruz 10th with 12. Santa Cruz ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Tombense 1.33 scored and 1 conceded per game, Santa Cruz 0.61 and 1.06, with the league averaging 1.02.
6 matches unbeaten backed Tombense's arrival.
The match was played at Estádio Antônio Guimarães de Almeida in Tombos (capacity 3,050). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.