Match Report
28 points separated the sides: Chaves 3rd on 64, Sporting Covilhã 16th on 36. Sporting Covilhã had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Chaves were scoring 1.59 and conceding 1.03, Sporting Covilhã 0.88 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Chaves were unbeaten in 10, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,000. D. Oliveira Silva officiated: 62 games logged, averaging 2.5 yellow cards each. On the scoreboard, Chaves led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Chaves: Guima (42')
Key stats
Possession: Chaves 54% · Sporting Covilhã 46% · Total shots: 8-4 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 8-7