Match Report
5 points and 7 places separated them: Madureira 9th with 5, Americano 2nd with 10. Americano ranked just 29th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Madureira 0.67 scored and 1 conceded per game, Americano 1.2 and 0.6, with the league averaging 1.13.
Americano had lost three in a row.
Estádio Aniceto Moscoso staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Americano led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Madureira: Rezende (75') · Americano: Sanderson (27')
Key stats
Possession: Madureira 56% · Americano 44% · On target: 6-6 · Corners: 7-7