Match Report
The table read 3rd (São Bernardo, 21 pts) against 3rd (Santo André, 8 pts), 13 points apart. Santo André's recent output lagged their position: 10th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.1 goals per team per game, São Bernardo ran at 1.17 scored and 0.75 conceded, Santo André at 0.67 and 1.42.
Santo André had gone 10 games without a win.
F. Monteiro dos Santos took charge of the match — our records show 50 games refereed with an average of 2.3 yellow cards per game. Estádio Primeiro de Maio in Sao Bernardo do Campo, capacity 6,072, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.