Match Report
29 points for Espinho (5th), 32 for Castro Daire (4th): a 3-point gap. On the form table Espinho stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Espinho 1.33 scored and 0.72 conceded per game, Castro Daire 1.39 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.19.
Defeat had followed defeat for Espinho — four in succession. Castro Daire had not lost in 8 games. Espinho had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Castro Daire, 11.
Estádio Marques da Silva (Ovar), capacity 7,500, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Espinho: Kenedy Có (33') · Castro Daire: Marcel (2')