Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Sanjoanense (1st, 29 pts) and AAC Secção de Futebol (8th, 12 pts). On recent form Sanjoanense sat only 42nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Sanjoanense ran at 1.64 scored and 0.93 conceded, AAC Secção de Futebol at 1.14 and 1.43.
Momentum sat with Sanjoanense, winners of their last three. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Sanjoanense against 4/15 for AAC Secção de Futebol.
J. Lamares Martins Coelho dos Santos took charge of the match — our records show 19 games refereed with an average of 0.0 yellow cards per game. Estádio Conde Dias Garcia in São João da Madeira, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Sanjoanense led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.