Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Porto II (5th, 51 pts) and Belenenses (16th, 35 pts). Recent form flatters Belenenses's table spot — 6th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Per game in the league, Porto II were scoring 1.41 and conceding 1.18, Belenenses 1.21 and 1.74, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
C. Fernandes Macedo took charge of the match — our records show 80 games refereed with an average of 2.4 yellow cards per game. Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio in Pedroso, capacity 8,272, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.