Match Report
The table read 4th (Espírito Santo, 2 pts) against 1st (Macaé, 11 pts), 9 points apart. The last five rounds placed Espírito Santo no better than 65th for form, against 4th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Espírito Santo 1 scored and 2 conceded per game, Macaé 1.67 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.32.
Espírito Santo entered with three losses in a row. Macaé had won three straight, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Espírito Santo, 10/15 for Macaé.
S. Loureiro de Lima took charge, a referee with 4 games logged in our database. The venue was Estádio Kleber José de Andrade in Cariacica, with room for 10,000 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.