Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Retrô 1st with 33 points, Crato 8th with 5, 28 apart. Crato had been under-performing their position — 61st on five-round form against 8th in the table. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, Crato ran at 0.36 scored and 2.36 conceded, Retrô at 1.93 and 0.43.
Crato arrived off three straight defeats. Momentum sat with Retrô, winners of their last three. From the last five rounds, Crato held 1 points of 15 and Retrô 10.
Estádio Antônio Lírio Callou in Barbalha, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. Retrô led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-5 full-time score.