Match Report
23 points for Confiança (14th), 16 for Campinense (20th): a 7-point gap. Confiança's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 14th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Confiança 0.63 scored and 0.89 conceded per game, Campinense 0.79 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.17.
Defeat had followed defeat for Campinense — three in succession.
Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in Aracaju staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, Confiança led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-3.