Match Report
8 points for Globo (4th), 3 for Alecrim (4th): a 5-point gap. On recent form Alecrim sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Globo were scoring 0.38 and conceding 1.38, Alecrim 0.38 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Globo — nine in succession. A win had eluded Alecrim for 10 matches.
The match was played at Estádio Manoel Dantas Barreto in Ceara-Mirim (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, Globo led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-2.