Match Report
7 points and 1 places separated them: Académica 3rd with 5, Atlético Madrid 2nd with 12. On recent form Académica sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Académica 1 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Atlético Madrid 1.17 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.32.
Over the last five, Académica had taken 4 of 15 points to Atlético Madrid's 12.
With 14 matches recorded and 0.1 yellow cards per game, L. Probert was the man in the middle. Estádio EFAPEL in Coimbra, capacity 30,210, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Académica led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.