Match Report
The table gap was wide: 55 points between Benfica Castelo Branco (3rd, 59 pts) and AD Fornos Algodres (16th, 4 pts). AD Fornos Algodres ranked just 77th in the league on five-round form despite their 16th table position. Per game in the league, AD Fornos Algodres were scoring 0.5 and conceding 2.77, Benfica Castelo Branco 1.6 and 0.77, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for AD Fornos Algodres — five in succession. Recent form was uneven: 0/15 points for AD Fornos Algodres, 7/15 for Benfica Castelo Branco.
The venue was Estádio Municipal Serra da Esgalhada in Fornos de Algodres, with room for 1,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, Benfica Castelo Branco led 2-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-5.