Match Report
8 points and 12 places separated them: Ceará 2nd with 16, Salgueiro 14th with 8. Salgueiro ranked 10th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Ceará ran at 1.75 scored and 0.38 conceded, Salgueiro at 0.88 and 1.38.
The match was played at Estádio Alcides Santos in Fortaleza (capacity 63,903). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ceará led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.