Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Boavista (1st, 45 pts) and Amarante (4th, 27 pts). Per game in the league, Amarante were scoring 1.56 and conceding 1.17, Boavista 2.22 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Amarante's winless run stood at 7. Seven consecutive wins preceded this game for Boavista, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Amarante, 15/15 for Boavista.
The venue was Estádio Municipal de Amarante in Amarante, with room for 8,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Boavista led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.


