Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Arouca (3rd, 65 pts) and Cova Piedade (12th, 37 pts). Cova Piedade had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Per game in the league, Arouca were scoring 1.32 and conceding 0.74, Cova Piedade 1.15 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Estádio Municipal de Arouca in Arouca, capacity 30,127, hosted the game. The referee was M. Rodrigues Oliveira, with 59 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Arouca led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-1 the final score.