Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Arouca (1st, 58 pts) held a 25-point advantage over Amarante (10th, 33 pts). Amarante had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Amarante ran at 1.24 scored and 1.16 conceded, Arouca at 1.96 and 0.76.
Arouca came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Amarante 7/15, Arouca 15/15.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal de Amarante in Amarante (capacity 8,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.


