Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Amarante 1st with 59 points, Vila Mea 14th with 22, 37 apart. The last five rounds placed Vila Mea 9th in the league for form — higher than their 14th in the standings. Per game in the league, Amarante were scoring 1.54 and conceding 0.58, Vila Mea 1.04 and 1.73, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Amarante had won three straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Amarante had taken 10 of 15 points to Vila Mea's 4.
The venue was Estádio Municipal de Amarante in Amarante, with room for 8,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Amarante led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.