Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Desportivo Huíla 7th with 43 points, Santa Rita 14th with 26, 17 apart. Santa Rita had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Rita 0.43 scored and 1.03 conceded per game, Desportivo Huíla 0.87 and 0.73, with the league averaging 0.95.
5 games without a win framed Santa Rita's arrival.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 0 for Santa Rita, 2 for Desportivo Huíla and 2 drawn, at 0.75 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Estádio 4 de Janeiro in Uige, with room for 12,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Desportivo Huíla led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-3.