Match Report
Sertãozinho went into the game 4th in the table on 34 points; São José FC sat 15th on 23 — an 11-point gap. São José FC had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Per game in the league, Sertãozinho were scoring 1.58 and conceding 0.79, São José FC 1.58 and 2, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Sertãozinho arrived on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. São José FC's winless run stood at 5. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Sertãozinho against 3/15 for São José FC.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Frederico Dalmazo in Sertãozinho (capacity 8,540). São José FC led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.