Match Report
Caldas went into the game 8th in the table on 46 points; Santa Iria sat 15th on 35 — an 11-point gap. Santa Iria had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.09/1.14 for Caldas and 1.03/1.62 for Santa Iria (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.12.
Defeat had not touched Caldas in 5 games.
Campo da Mata in Caldas da Rainha, capacity 13,000, hosted the game.