Match Report
The table read 1st (Vianense, 53 pts) against 2nd (Amarante, 51 pts), 2 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Vianense: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Vianense ran at 1.42 scored and 0.73 conceded, Amarante at 1.65 and 0.96.
Vianense had not lost in 6 games.
R. Ramos Gonçalves took charge of the match — our records show 39 games refereed with an average of 1.6 yellow cards per game. Estádio Dr. José de Matos in Viana do Castelo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. Amarante led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.