Match Report
The table read 3rd (Ferroviário, 7 pts) against 2nd (Barbalha, 9 pts), 2 points apart. Barbalha had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Ferroviário 1.6 scored and 1 conceded per game, Barbalha 1.33 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.42.
Defeat had not touched Barbalha in 7 games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Ferroviário against 13/15 for Barbalha.
The venue was Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas in Fortaleza, with room for 63,903 spectators. On the scoreboard, Ferroviário led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 4-0.