Match Report
15 points for Ceará (4th), 3 for Itabaiana (8th): a 12-point gap. Itabaiana's recent output lagged their position: 16th on form over five rounds while 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Ceará were scoring 1.13 and conceding 0.75, Itabaiana 1 and 2, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Itabaiana for 6 matches. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Ceará, 3/15 for Itabaiana.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in Fortaleza, capacity 63,903, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.