Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ferroviária 1st with 33 points, Águia Negra 8th with 7, 26 apart. On recent form Águia Negra sat only 57th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.93/2.93 for Águia Negra and 1.71/0.36 for Ferroviária (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
Águia Negra had not won in 5 games. Ferroviária carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Águia Negra had taken 1 of 15 points to Ferroviária's 13.
The match was played at Estádio Iliê Vidal in Rio Brilhante (capacity 8,000). Ferroviária led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.